wear away, grind down, corrode; slowly consume, eat away
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Erode Definition from Arts & Humanities Dictionaries & Glossaries
Erode Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(v. t.)
To eat into or away; to corrode; as, canker erodes the flesh.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutTo eat into or away; to corrode; as, canker erodes the flesh.
erode
\e*rode"\, v. t. (geol. & phys. geog.) (a) to wear away; as, streams and glaciers erode the land. (b) to produce by erosion, or wearing away; as, glaciers erode u-shaped valleys.
erode
\e*rode"\ (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. eroded; p. pr. & vb. n. eroding.] [l. erodere, erosum; e out + rodere to gnaw. see rodent.] to eat into or away; to corrode; as, canker erodes the flesh. "the blood erodes the vessels." the smaller charge is more apt to erode the gun. cyc.
erode
v
1. become ground down or deteriorate; "her confidence eroded" [syn: gnaw, gnaw at, eat at, wear away]
2. remove soil or rock, as of wind or water; "rain eroded the terraces" [syn: eat away, fret]
Verb
1. become ground down or deteriorate; "Her confidence eroded"
(synonym) gnaw, gnaw at, eat at, wear away
(hypernym) decay, crumble, delapidate
(derivation) erosion
2. remove soil or rock; "Rain eroded the terraces"
(synonym) eat away, fret
(hypernym) damage
(hyponym) wash
(derivation) erosion
Erode Definition from Government Dictionaries & Glossaries
Erode Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
Erode ( ) is a city, a municipal corporation and the headquarters of Erode district in the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu.
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