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EATING AWAY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(geology) the mechanical process of wearing or grinding something down (as by particles washing over it)
Synonyms:
eating away; eroding; erosion; wearing; wearing away
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural processes
Hypernyms ("eating away" is a kind of...):
geologic process; geological process ((geology) a natural process whereby geological features are modified)
Domain category:
geology (a science that deals with the history of the earth as recorded in rocks)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "eating away"):
chatter mark (marks on a glaciated rock caused by the movement of a glacier)
ablation (the erosive process that reduces the size of glaciers)
abrasion; attrition; corrasion; detrition (erosion by friction)
beach erosion (the erosion of beaches)
deflation ((geology) the erosion of soil as a consequence of sand and dust and loose rocks being removed by the wind)
planation (the process of erosion whereby a level surface is produced)
soil erosion (the washing away of soil by the flow of water)
