zerfressen

v/t (unreg.) Motten, Rost etc.: eat away (at); CHEM. corrode; fig. Eifersucht etc.: gnaw (at)

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zerfressen2

I P.P. zerfressen1

II Adj. CHEM. corroded; von Motten zerfressen moth-eaten; von Würmern zerfressen worm-eaten

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das Zerfressen

corrosion; erosion

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zer|frẹs|sen ptp zerfre\#ssen

vt irreg

to eat away; (Säure, Rost auch) to corrode; (Motten, Mäuse etc) to eat; (fig) to consume

die Säure hat ihr das Gesicht zerfressen — the acid burned into her face

(von Motten/Würmern) zerfressen sein — to be moth-eaten/worm-eaten

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1) (to destroy or waste gradually: Acid eats into metal; The school fees have eaten into our savings.) eat into

2) (to destroy or eat away (as rust, chemicals etc do).) corrode

3) (to eat or wear away (metals etc); to destroy gradually: Acids erode certain metals; Water has eroded the rock; The individual's right to privacy is being eroded.) erode

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zer·fres·sen *

vt irreg

▪ etw \zerfressen to eat sth away

1. (korrodieren) to corrode sth

2. (durch Fraß zerstören) to eat sth, to gnaw on/at sth

von Motten/Würmern to be moth-/worm-eaten

3. MED (durch Wuchern zerstören) to eat sth

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unregelmäßiges transitives Verb

1) eat away; <moth etc.> eat holes in

von Motten zerfressen — moth-eaten

2) (zersetzen) corrode <metal>

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zerfressen¹ v/t (irr) Motten, Rost etc: eat away (at); CHEM corrode; fig Eifersucht etc: gnaw (at)

zerfressen²

A. pperf → zerfressen¹

B. adj CHEM corroded;

von Motten zerfressen moth-eaten;

von Würmern zerfressen worm-eaten

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unregelmäßiges transitives Verb

1) eat away; <moth etc.> eat holes in

von Motten zerfressen — moth-eaten

2) (zersetzen) corrode <metal>

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v.

to erode v.