Synonyms for eat away
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : eet |
| Phonetic Transcription : it |
Top 10 synonyms for eat away Other synonyms for the word eat away
- atrophy
- attenuate
- be of no avail
- burn up
- carve
- champ
- chaw
- chip
- clip one's wings
- corrode
- crumble
- crunch
- debilitate
- decay
- decline
- decrease
- devour
- dig
- dig out
- disable
- disappear
- droop
- eat
- eat away
- ebb
- emaciate
- empty
- enfeeble
- erode
- excavate
- exhaust
- fade
- fashion
- foil
- form
- fritter away
- frivol away
- frustrate
- gamble away
- gnaw
- go to waste
- gum
- hew
- hollow out
- hurt
- impair
- knock the bottom out of
- lavish
- lessen
- lose
- masticate
- mine
- misapply
- misemploy
- misuse
- model
- mold
- munch
- nibble
- pare
- perish
- poke full of holes
- pour down the drain
- ruin
- run dry
- run through
- sabotage
- sandbag
- sap
- sculpt
- shape
- shave
- sink
- soften
- splurge
- squander
- subvert
- thin
- threaten
- throw away
- thwart
- torpedo
- trifle away
- trim
- tunnel
- undercut
- undermine
- wane
- wear
- wear away
- wear out
- whittle away
- wilt
- wither
- wreck
Définition of eat away
Origin :- "food," in use mid-19c. in U.S., considered colloquial, but the same construction with the same meaning was present in Old English.
- As in undermine : verb weaken
- As in waste : verb spend or use without thought; dwindle
- As in whittle : verb cut away at; reduce
- As in gnaw : verb bite, chew
- Then thou art all safe; so eat away, and leave the rest to me.
- Extract from : « Tom Burke Of "Ours", Volume II (of II) » by Charles James Lever
- At the present rate of erosion it takes 2,640 years to eat away a mile.
- Extract from : « Evening Round Up » by William Crosbie Hunter
- If you keep on gaping at her she will eat away all your insides.
- Extract from : « Foma Gordyeff » by Maxim Gorky
- Do they eat holes through the leaf, or do they eat away the entire leaf?
- Extract from : « An Elementary Study of Insects » by Leonard Haseman
- Let it eat away the dead oak, but let it not be compared with the living one.
- Extract from : « Imaginary Conversations and Poems » by Walter Savage Landor
- He could but eat away his own heart in despair, a ruined man.
- Extract from : « The Expositor's Bible » by F. W. Farrar
- And here, too, they eat away the floes and hollow out their edges.
- Extract from : « Farthest North » by Fridtjof Nansen
- At the present rate of erosion, it takes 2,640 years to eat away a mile.
- Extract from : « Think » by Col. Wm. C. Hunter
- The men, considering that they had done quite enough in killing it, returned to smoke and eat away the fatigues of the chase.
- Extract from : « The Dog Crusoe and his Master » by R.M. Ballantyne
- The feeding tips of roots secrete acids that eat away lime and other substances that occur in rocks.
- Extract from : « Earth and Sky Every Child Should Know » by Julia Ellen Rogers
Antonyms for eat away
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