wear away

More time goes by, and as the organic material in the bones wears away, water seeps into its place from the surrounding rock.

"So it didn't have the property of of basically wearing away and it could be used outdoors as well."

The pain of the strain wears away almost the instant you reach Gothic Basin itself.

That continued wearing away of voter trust in democracy can lead to violence, said Bret Schafer, a senior fellow at the nonpartisan Alliance for Securing Democracy, which tracks misinformation.

It also neutralizes acids made by the bacteria that can wear away at your tooth enamel.