Definition for Eating away:

• ( geology) the mechanical process of wearing or grinding something down ( as by particles washing over it)

Synonyms for Eating away:

• adj.

  •acid (adjective)
  • Oxidizing,
  • disintegrative,
  • rusting,
  • anti-alkaline,
  • Bleaching,
  • eroding,
  • biting,
  • acerbic,
  • corroding,
  • erosive,
  • acidulous,
  • acrid,
  • dissolvent.

• n.

  •eating away (noun)
  • wearing,
  • wearing away.
  •erosion (noun)
  • consumption,
  • corrosion,
  • decrease,
  • destruction,
  • attrition,
  • abrasion,
  • disintegration,
  • spoiling,
  • wear,
  • wearing down,
  • despoliation.
  •process (noun)
  • eating away.

• v.

  •gnaw (verb)
  • eat,
  • chomp,
  • corrode,
  • masticate,
  • crunch,
  • munch,
  • devour,
  • erode,
  • nibble,
  • eat away,
  • chaw,
  • champ,
  • consume,
  • gum.
  •undermine (verb)
  • disable,
  • cripple,
  • clip one's wings,
  • ruin,
  • mine,
  • frustrate,
  • thwart,
  • sandbag,
  • soften,
  • knock the bottom out of,
  • threaten,
  • foil,
  • dig out,
  • hollow out,
  • sabotage,
  • undercut,
  • enfeeble,
  • debilitate,
  • sap,
  • whittle away,
  • tunnel,
  • impair,
  • subvert,
  • excavate,
  • torpedo,
  • wreck,
  • attenuate,
  • blunt,
  • hurt,
  • poke full of holes,
  • dig.
  •waste (verb)
  • decay,
  • undermine,
  • wither,
  • thin,
  • decline,
  • disappear,
  • lose,
  • wane,
  • fade,
  • ebb,
  • dissipate,
  • Misemploy,
  • lavish,
  • gamble away,
  • go to waste,
  • be of no avail,
  • perish,
  • sink,
  • run dry,
  • empty,
  • pour down the drain,
  • misuse,
  • run through,
  • gnaw,
  • fritter away,
  • splurge,
  • emaciate,
  • wear out,
  • crumble,
  • wilt,
  • divert,
  • droop,
  • deplete,
  • burn up,
  • squander,
  • throw away,
  • atrophy,
  • drain,
  • exhaust,
  • blow,
  • misapply,
  • trifle away,
  • frivol away.
  •whittle (verb)
  • form,
  • lessen,
  • carve,
  • mold,
  • fashion,
  • model,
  • diminish,
  • pare,
  • wear away,
  • trim,
  • chip,
  • sculpt,
  • shave,
  • shape,
  • hew.

• Other synonyms:

  •Other relevant words:
  • chafing,
  • Weathering,
  • Fraying,
  • grinding away,
  • acid,
  • wasting away,
  • Abrading.

Antonyms for Eating away:

• adj.

  • acid
    bland, nice, kind, basic, sweet.

• n.

  • erosion
    construction, building, strengthening, rebuilding.

• v.

  • gnaw
    construct, rebuild, build.
  • undermine
    create, fill, encourage, strengthen, aid, relieve, support, fix, help, assist.
  • waste
    starve, accumulate, bloom, raise, preserve, save, improve, collect, maintain, develop, hoard, succeed, grow, gather, increase, rise.
  • whittle
    enlarge, destroy, neglect, extend.

Homophones for Eating away:

• eudemonic, editing, ethnic joke, eyedness, ethnos, eyewitness, eudaemonic, euthanasia, euthenics, eutamias, eating house, eating, ethnic, euthynnus.

Hypernym for Eating away:

• n.

  • process
    attrition, chatter mark, beach erosion, planation, ablation, detrition, soil erosion, corrasion, deflation, abrasion.

Hyponym for Eating away:

• n.

  • process
    geological process, geologic process.