Wear away Common

Wear away has 4 different meanings across 1 category:

Definitions

Verb

cut away in small pieces

whittle away whittle down wear away

diminish, as by friction

"Erosion wore away the surface"

wear away wear off

become ground down or deteriorate

"Her confidence eroded"

erode gnaw gnaw at eat at wear away

To erode gradually and progressively.

See Also

worn out wear out erode sap corrode gully slite demastication

Related Terms

worn out wear out erode sap corrode gully slite demastication fret gradually progressively

Broader Terms (hypernyms)

damage remove decay

Narrower Terms (hyponyms)

abrade

Rhyming Words

way away sway tway byway beway howay noway alway ioway myway amway elway on way ordway dugway forway iceway rahway subway

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