Meaning

3 senses
  1. (transitive)To erode.

    The river is eating away at the river bank.

    The battery acid ate away at the metal until a large hole appeared.

  2. (transitive)To consume or use up, erode or wear away gradually.

    The expenses ate away at our profits.

  3. (transitive)To cause to feel uneasy, troubled, worried, guilty, or vexed; to bother about something.

    Not confessing that I had stolen the money ate away at me until I could no longer sleep.

Examples

737 sentences
  1. I don't feel like eating at all.

    Я геть не хочу їсти. — deniko

    ruМне вообще есть не хочется. — marafon

  2. Do you still eat at that restaurant?

    Ти все ще харчуєшся у цьому ресторані? — deniko

  3. I'll never eat at that restaurant again.

    Я більше ніколи не їстиму в тому ресторані. — oromashka

  4. Why don't we eat at a restaurant tonight?

    Чому б нам сьогодні не повечеряти у ресторані? — deniko

    ruПочему бы нам не поужинать сегодня вечером в ресторане? — odexed

    deLass uns doch heute Abend mal essen gehen! — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  5. I don't usually eat at places like this.

    Я зазвичай не їм у таких місцях. — deniko

    ruЯ обычно не ем в таких местах. — marafon

    deIch esse für gewöhnlich nicht an solchen Orten wie diesem. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

Translations

1 languages

Origin

From eat away + at.

From eat away + at.

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Forms

eats away at, eating away at, ate away at, eaten away at
Base formeat away at · to eat away at
3rd person singulareats away at
Present participleeating away at
Past simpleate away at
Past participleeaten away at

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyeat away at
he, she, iteats away at

Past simpleLesson

all personsate away at

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave eaten away at
he, she, ithas eaten away at

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill eat away at

Synonyms

1 synonyms

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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