1. Cut away in small pieces
   - whittle away, whittle down 
2. Diminish, as by friction
   "Erosion wore away the surface"
   - wear off 
3. Become ground down or deteriorate
   - erode, gnaw, gnaw at, eat at

Derived forms: wears away, wore away, worn away, wearing away

See also: wear, wearing away

Type of: crumble, damage, decay, dilapidate, remove, take, take away, withdraw

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