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Eroding
- verb - (geology) the mechanical process of wearing or grinding something down (as by particles washing over it)
- become ground down or deteriorate; "Her confidence eroded"
- Eat away
- remove soil or rock; "Rain eroded the terraces"
- Wear away
Evading
- verb - avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues); "He dodged the issue"; "she skirted the problem"; "They tend to evade their responsibilities"; "he evaded the questions skillfully"
- Dodges
- escape, either physically or mentally; "The thief eluded the police"; "This difficult idea seems to evade her"; "The event evades explanation"
- practice evasion; "This man always hesitates and evades"
- use cunning or deceit to escape or avoid; "The con man always evades"
Exuding
- verb - gives off
- make apparent by one's mood or behavior; "She exudes great confidence"
- release (a liquid) in drops or small quantities; "exude sweat through the pores"
- To seep or flow out slowly.
To seem to have a quality or feeling to a great degree.
Falding
- - A frieze or rough-napped cloth.
Feeding
- verb - feed into; supply; "Her success feeds her vanity"
- give food to; "Feed the starving children in India"; "don't give the child this tough meat"
- gratify; "feed one's eyes on a gorgeous view"
- introduce continuously; "feed carrots into a food processor"
- move along, of liquids; "Water flowed into the cave"; "the Missouri feeds into the Mississippi"
- profit from in an exploitatory manner; "He feeds on her insecurity"
- provide as food; "Feed the guests the nuts"
- provide with fertilizers or add nutrients to; "We should fertilize soil if we want to grow healthy plants"
- serve as food for; be the food for; "This dish feeds six"
- support or promote; "His admiration fed her vanity"
- take in food; used of animals only; "This dog doesn't eat certain kinds of meat"; "What do whales eat?"
- the act of consuming food
- the act of supplying food and nourishment
Fending
- verb - try to manage without help; "The youngsters had to fend for themselves after their parents died"
- withstand the force of something; "The trees resisted her"; "stand the test of time"; "The mountain climbers had to fend against the ice and snow"
Ferding
- - A measure of land mentioned in Domesday Book. It is supposed to have consisted of a few acres only.
Feuding
- verb - carry out a feud; "The two professors have been feuding for years"
Finding
- verb - accept and make use of one's personality, abilities, and situation; "My son went to Berkeley to find himself"
- come to believe on the basis of emotion, intuitions, or indefinite grounds; "I feel that he doesn't like me"; "I find him to be obnoxious"; "I found the movie rather entertaining"
- come upon after searching; find the location of something that was missed or lost; "Did you find your glasses?"; "I cannot find my gloves!"
- come upon, as if by accident; meet with; "We find this idea in Plato"; "I happened upon the most wonderful bakery not very far from here"; "She chanced upon an interesting book in the bookstore the other day"
- decide on and make a declaration about; "find someone guilty"
- discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of; "
- establish after a calculation, investigation, experiment, survey, or study; "find the product of two numbers"; "The physicist who found the elusive particle won the Nobel Prize" <
Folding
- verb -
- a geological process that causes a bend in a stratum of rock
- become folded or folded up; "The bed folds in a jiffy"
- bend or lay so that one part covers the other; "fold up the newspaper"; "turn up your collar"
- capable of being folded up and stored; "a foldaway bed"
- confine in a fold, like sheep
- incorporate a food ingredient into a mixture by repeatedly turning it over without stirring or beating; "Fold the egg whites into the batter"
- the act of folding; "he gave the napkins a double fold"
- the process whereby a protein molecule assumes its intricate three-dimensional shape; "understanding protein folding is the next step in deciphering the genetic code"