eat away

== English == === Etymology === From eat + away. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /iːt‿əˈweɪ/ (General American) IPA(key): /it‿əˈweɪ/ Rhymes: -eɪ === Verb === eat away (third-person singular simple present eats away, present participle eating away, simple past ate away, past participle eaten away) (transitive, idiomatic) To physically corrode or erode (something) gradually. Synonym: (archaic) begnaw (figurative) To destroy (something) gradually by an ongoing process. Synonyms: corrode, erode (specifically) Chiefly followed by at: of a circumstance, incident, etc.: to cause (someone) to feel guilty, troubled, or worried; to bother (see eat away at). ==== Derived terms ==== eat away at ==== Translations ==== === Further reading === “to eat away” under “eat, v.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, December 2024. “eat away, phrasal v.”, in Collins English Dictionary; from Collins COBUILD Advanced Dictionary, 6th edition, Boston, Mass.: Heinle Cengage Learning; Glasgow: HarperCollins Publishers, 2009, →ISBN. === Anagrams === ate away