eaten away. eroded, erose, fretted.

eating, n. feeding, repast; (excess in eating) [gluttony], gormandism, bolting, gulping, superalimentation; browsing. Associated words: aristology, gastronomy, gastronome, gastronomer, [epicure], [epicurism], diet, dietetics, dietary, commensal, dietarian, gastronomic, gourmet, gormand, cormorant, [glutton], omnivorous, [appetite], hunger, [hungry], gustatory, pantophagist, pantophagous, pantophagy.

eating, n. [corrosion], [erosion], fretting, [canker].

eating-house, n. [restaurant], café, chophouse, buffet.

eating-room, n. dining-room, refectory.

eating together. commensalism.

ebb, n. reflux, refluence; [decline], [wane], [deterioration], [retrogression].

ebb, v. recede, [return], [retire]; [decline], [wane], [deteriorate], [decay].

ebbing, a. receding, refluent, falling.

eccentric, a. [whimsical], [erratic], unconventional, [irregular], [odd], idiosyncratic.