wear away

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	wear away - cut away in small pieces whittle away, whittle down damage - inflict damage upon; "The snow damaged the roof"; "She damaged the car when she hit the tree"
	2.	wear away - diminish, as by friction; "Erosion wore away the surface" wear off remove, take away, withdraw, take - remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract; "remove a threat"; "remove a wrapper"; "Remove the dirty dishes from the table"; "take the gun from your pocket"; "This machine withdraws heat from the environment" abrade, abrase, corrade, rub down, rub off - wear away
	3.	wear away - become ground down or deteriorate; "Her confidence eroded" eat at, erode, gnaw at, gnaw decay, dilapidate, crumble - fall into decay or ruin; "The unoccupied house started to decay"

Translations

? wear away

vt sep (= erode) steps → austreten; rock → abschleifen, abtragen; (from underneath) → aushöhlen; pattern, inscription → tilgen (geh), → verwischen; (fig) determination → untergraben; sb’s patience → zehren an (+dat)

vi (= disappear) (rocks, rough edges etc) → sich abschleifen; (inscription) → verwittern; (pattern) → verwischen; (fig: patience, determination) → schwinden