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| Noun | 1. |  wearing away - (geology) the mechanical process of wearing or grinding something down (as by particles washing over it)geology - a science that deals with the history of the earth as recorded in rocks chatter mark - marks on a glaciated rock caused by the movement of a glacier ablation - the erosive process that reduces the size of glaciers beach erosion - the erosion of beaches geologic process, geological process - (geology) a natural process whereby geological features are modified deflation - (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 produced soil erosion - the washing away of soil by the flow of water |
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