eat away


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Verb1.eat away - remove soil or rock; "Rain eroded the terraces"
erode, fret
damage - inflict damage upon; "The snow damaged the roof"; "She damaged the car when she hit the tree"
wash - form by erosion; "The river washed a ravine into the mountainside"
2.eat away - wear away or erode
fret
rust, corrode - become destroyed by water, air, or a corrosive such as an acid; "The metal corroded"; "The pipes rusted"
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Translations
kuluttaalahottaanakertaarapauttaasyövyttää

w>eat away

vt sep (sea) → auswaschen; (acid) → zerfressen
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
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Eat away, Polly, and my men will be back with supplies in a jiffy."
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Eat away, prince, and tell me where you were born, and where you were brought up.
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I'm wondering if any of the hull cleaners on the market are strong enough to eat away this type of tough crud.
Bottom scraper
Greek statue, discovered off the coast of Croatia in 1998, may help researchers develop metals that are more resistant to "biofouling," the accumulation of critters that can eat away at ships' hulls.
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The Hatters were, of course, looking for more points to eat away into the 30-point deficit handed to them by the Football League.
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Baseless lawsuits "eat away at the heart of one's calling"
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