eat away (English, verb)
expansion: eat away (third-person singular simple present eats away, present participle eating away, simple past ate away, past participle eaten away)
expansion: (transitive, idiomatic)
Senses:
glosses: To physically corrode or erode (something) gradually.
tags: idiomatic
transitive
glosses: To destroy (something) gradually by an ongoing process.
tags: figuratively
idiomatic
transitive
glosses: Chiefly followed by at: of a circumstance, incident, etc.: to cause (someone) to feel guilty, troubled, or worried; to bother (see eat away at).
tags: figuratively
idiomatic
specifically
transitive
Forms:
form: eats away
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: eating away
tags: participle
present
form: ate away
tags: past
form: eaten away
tags: participle
past