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wearing away
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Noun wearing away has 1 sense
- wearing away(n = noun.process) eating away, eroding, erosion, wearing - (geology) the mechanical process of wearing or grinding something down (as by particles washing over it); Array has particulars: chatter mark, ablation, abrasion, attrition, corrasion, detrition, beach erosion, deflation, planation, soil erosion
is a kind of geologic process, geological process
Derived form verb wear away3
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