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wear away

English

  1. 🔊 diminish, as by friction
    “Erosion wore away the surface”
  2. 🔊 cut away in small pieces
  3. 🔊 become ground down or deteriorate
    “Her confidence eroded”

Spanish

  1. 🔊 minar to wear away, erode
  2. 🔊 morder to wear away, to wear down

Similar words

erode gnaw gnaw at eat at wear off whittle away whittle down abate ablate abrade abrase absorb abstract assimilate atomize bark bate be all over be consumed be eaten away be gone be no more become extinct become void