to grind or wear down or away or become ground or worn down or away to deteriorate or cause to deteriorate
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e•rode /ɪˈroʊd/USA pronunciation
v., e•rod•ed, e•rod•ing.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025- to (cause to) be eaten into or worn away;
to (cause to) be destroyed by slowly using up or disintegrating: [no object]The bridge was eroding from the salt spray.[~ + object]Wind eroded the loose topsoil. - to (cause to) be destroyed or disappear gradually: [no object]As the election drew near, support for the candidate was eroding.[~ + object]Scandals eroded his reputation.
e•rode
(i rōd′),USA pronunciation v., e•rod•ed, e•rod•ing.
v.t.
v.i.
e•rod′i•ble, e•rod′a•ble, e•ro•si•ble
(i rō′zə bəl, -sə-),USA pronunciation adj.
e•rod′i•bil′i•ty, e•rod′a•bil′i•ty, n.
v.t.
- to eat into or away; destroy by slow consumption or disintegration:Battery acid had eroded the engine. Inflation erodes the value of our money.
- Geologyto form (a gully, butte, or the like) by erosion.
v.i.
- to become eroded.
- Latin ērōdere, equivalent. to ē- e- + rōdere to gnaw
- 1605–15
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged corrode, waste, ravage, spoil.
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged strengthen, reinforce.
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