constant dripping wears away the stone

constant Adjective

— If something is constant, it doesn't change over time. I have this constant pain in my back. I wish it would stop. The rain has been constant all morning.

constant Noun

— A constant is a value that doesn't change. In the formula math7x^2+3y+5=z/math, 5 is a constant.

dripping Noun

— &; If something is dripping, it is falling one drop at a time.

wear Verb

— When you wear something, you put it on your body and cover your body with it. I don't wear shoes on my feet when I am inside. She wore a red dress. — When something wears, it gets damaged, over time. The car was worn from ten years of hard driving. My best leather shoes wore out from all the walking. The young girl wore her mother down.

wear Noun

— Things show wear after being used for a long time. The old school was starting to show wear after one hundred years.

away Preposition

— When something moves away from something else, the distance between them gets bigger. They are no longer near or close. Go away! You're bothering me. Keep the machine away from water. The store is far away from my house. (It is a long distance from my house.)

the Determiner

— Used, instead of a, to reference something specific, already known to exist. Compare "I read a book." and "I read the book." — Used with a stress, to show that the word following is special. Are you the John Smith that I went to school with? — Used with an adjective that acts like a noun to mean all of the people concerned The poor are always with us. — Used with superlatives forms of adjectives and adverbs. You are the best.

stone Noun

— A stone is a hard, solid piece of earth. I do not have a hammer but I will use a stone to hammer the nail.