To consume gradually, as by chemical reaction or friction

• wear away

  1. To erode gradually and progressively

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  1. To erode gradually and progressively

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• wear

  1. To change course by being worn
  2. To last under continual or hard use:
  3. To wear a sailing vessel

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  1. To change course by being worn
  2. To last under continual or hard use:
  3. To wear a sailing vessel

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• gnaw

  1. To cause persistent worry or pain:
  2. To afflict or worry persistently:
  3. To consume; wear away; corrode

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  1. To cause persistent worry or pain:
  2. To afflict or worry persistently:
  3. To consume; wear away; corrode

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• erode

  1. To eat into; corrode:
  2. To eat into; wear away; disintegrate
  3. To wear (something) away by erosion:

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  1. To eat into; corrode:
  2. To eat into; wear away; disintegrate
  3. To wear (something) away by erosion:

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• eat

  1. To take into the body by the mouth for digestion or absorption.
  2. To take in and absorb as food:
  3. To include habitually or by preference in one's diet:

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  1. To take into the body by the mouth for digestion or absorption.
  2. To take in and absorb as food:
  3. To include habitually or by preference in one's diet:

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• bite

  1. To get or keep a tight hold; grip
  2. To grip, cut into, or injure something with or as if with the teeth.
  3. To eat into; corrode

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  1. To get or keep a tight hold; grip
  2. To grip, cut into, or injure something with or as if with the teeth.
  3. To eat into; corrode

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To destroy

• eat-away

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• consume

  1. To take in as food; eat or drink up.
  2. To absorb; engross:
  3. To eat or drink up; devour

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  1. To take in as food; eat or drink up.
  2. To absorb; engross:
  3. To eat or drink up; devour

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• gnaw

  1. To produce by gnawing:
  2. To cause persistent worry or pain:
  3. To bite or chew persistently:

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  1. To produce by gnawing:
  2. To cause persistent worry or pain:
  3. To bite or chew persistently:

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• erode

  1. To eat into; wear away; disintegrate
  2. To become eroded
  3. To eat into; corrode:

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  1. To eat into; wear away; disintegrate
  2. To become eroded
  3. To eat into; corrode:

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To deteriorate

• deteriorate

  1. (Intransitive) To grow worse; to be impaired in quality; to degenerate.
  2. To diminish or impair in quality, character, or value:
  3. To grow worse; degenerate:

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  1. (Intransitive) To grow worse; to be impaired in quality; to degenerate.
  2. To diminish or impair in quality, character, or value:
  3. To grow worse; degenerate:

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• degenerate

  1. (Biol.) To undergo degeneration; deteriorate
  2. To fall below a normal or desirable state, especially functionally or morally; deteriorate:
  3. To decline or become debased morally, culturally, etc.

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  1. (Biol.) To undergo degeneration; deteriorate
  2. To fall below a normal or desirable state, especially functionally or morally; deteriorate:
  3. To decline or become debased morally, culturally, etc.

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• rot

  1. To become unhealthy, sickly, etc.
  2. To cause to rot, or decompose
  3. To decompose gradually by the action of bacteria, fungi, etc.; decay; spoil

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  1. To become unhealthy, sickly, etc.
  2. To cause to rot, or decompose
  3. To decompose gradually by the action of bacteria, fungi, etc.; decay; spoil

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• rust

  1. To become or cause to be coated with rust, as iron
  2. To corrode or subject (a metal) to rust formation.
  3. To affect or be affected by a rust fungus

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  1. To become or cause to be coated with rust, as iron
  2. To corrode or subject (a metal) to rust formation.
  3. To affect or be affected by a rust fungus

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