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