present participle of beaver away

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of eat away

simple past tense of eat away

(obsolete, intransitive) To depart, leave; to make off. / (obsolete, transitive) To destroy. / (obsolete, transitive) To kill. / (obsolete, transitive) To get rid of, dispose of.

(idiomatic, intransitive) To reduce or weaken bit by bit; often used with at.

(transitive, idiomatic) To take (a person) on a surprise romantic journey.

(transitive) to stow or secure aloof in a safe place / (intransitive) to obtain passage (on a ship or similar vehicle) by secreting oneself inside before departure

(archaic, law, of crops) Sown during the last years of a tenancy, but not ripe until after its expiration.

(intransitive, slang) To be sexually unfaithful out of one's home

(informal) To keep working at something