eat away
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eat away
- /iːt‿əˈweɪ/ UK
- /it‿əˈweɪ/ US
Rhymes with -eɪ
Where it comes from
From eat + away.
verb eats away · eating away · ate away · eaten away
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To physically corrode or erode (something) gradually.
The river bank had been eaten away over the years by the flood water.
Similar: begnaw
- To destroy (something) gradually by an ongoing process. At your Table I vvill proue / If I can eate avvay my loue.
- Chiefly followed by at: of a circumstance, incident, etc.: to cause (someone) to feel guilty, troubled, or worried; to bother (see eat away at). The guilt of having lied was eating away at him.
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verb to physically corrode or erode (something) gradually; (figurative) to destroy (something) gradually by an ongoing process
| Español | apolillar, cancerar, carcomer, chancomer, pacer, picar |
|---|---|
| Português | comer |
| Français | chicoter, émietter |
| Deutsch | aufzehren, fressen, nagen, zerfressen |
| Italiano | smangiare |
| Ελληνικά | μαραίνω maraíno |
| Română | mânca, roade |
| Русский | изъеда́ть izʺjedátʹ, изъе́сть izʺjéstʹ, подмыва́ть podmyvátʹ, подмы́ть podmýtʹ, пожира́ть požirátʹ, пожра́ть požrátʹ |
| العربية | أَبْلَى ʔablā, أَهْلَكَ ʔahlaka, أَكَلَ ʔakala, نَخْرَبَ naḵraba, قَرَضَ qaraḍa, رَتَمَ ratama |
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