Solutions Slowly wear away has 8 entries with similar clues
- gnawWear away with the teeth
- frayWear away from rubbing
- erodesWears away, e.g. soil in a riverbed
- abradeWear away by friction
- erosionWearing away by natural forces
- saladdays"These are my .... / Slowly being eaten away" (Spandau Ballet, Gold)
- attritionWearing away by friction
- corrosionWearing away by chemical action