English noun: eating away | |||
1. | eating away (process) (geology) the mechanical process of wearing or grinding something down (as by particles washing over it) | ||
Synonyms | eroding, erosion, wearing, wearing away | ||
Broader (hypernym) | geologic process, geological process | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | ablation, abrasion, attrition, beach erosion, chatter mark, corrasion, deflation, detrition, planation, soil erosion | ||
Domain category | geology | ||