Definition of "eat away" in Englisch

Verb

1. To physically corrode or erode (something) gradually.

   • The river bank had been eaten away over the years by the flood water.

2. To destroy (something) gradually by an ongoing process.

   • The guilt of having lied was eating away at him.
   • Not confessing that I had stolen the money ate away at me until I could no longer sleep.

3. To destroy (something) gradually by an ongoing process.

4. Chiefly followed by at: of a circumstance, incident, etc.: to cause (someone) to feel guilty, troubled, or worried; to bother (see eat away at).

   • The guilt of having lied was eating away at him.
   • Not confessing that I had stolen the money ate away at me until I could no longer sleep.