wearing away

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wearing away - (geology) the mechanical process of wearing or grinding something down (as by particles washing over it)eating away, eroding, erosion, wearinggeology - a science that deals with the history of the earth as recorded in rockschatter mark - marks on a glaciated rock caused by the movement of a glacierablation - the erosive process that reduces the size of glaciersattrition, corrasion, detrition, abrasion - erosion by frictionbeach erosion - the erosion of beachesgeologic process, geological process - (geology) a natural process whereby geological features are modifieddeflation - (geology) the erosion of soil as a consequence of sand and dust and loose rocks being removed by the wind; "a constant deflation of the desert landscape"planation - the process of erosion whereby a level surface is producedsoil erosion - the washing away of soil by the flow of water