The speaker is talking about the water. During winter, the water enters the cracks and freezes and expands. It breaks the stone and makes cracks and when the water melts the holes are bigger. What he is describing is mechanical weathering which is common in nature.
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Famous William Shakespeare quotes.
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All that glitters is not gold
Hell is empty and all the devils are here.
In- is the root word in this case .