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Erode Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Erode? [v] remove soil or rock, as of wind or water; "Rain eroded the terraces" [v] become ground down or deteriorate; "Her confidence eroded" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Erode: eat at \| eat away \| fret \| gnaw \| gnaw at \| wear away Related Terms \| Find terms related to Erode: abate \| ablate \| abrade \| abrase \| absorb \| abstract \| assimilate \| atomize \| bark \| bate \| be consumed \| be eaten away \| be gone \| bite \| bleed white \| break up \| burn up \| canker \| cease \| cease to be \| cease to exist \| chafe \| come apart \| consume \| consume away \| corrode \| crack up \| crumble \| crumble into dust \| curtail \| decay \| decline \| decompose \| decrease \| deduct \| deliquesce \| dematerialize \| depart \| deplete \| depreciate \| derogate \| destroy \| deteriorate \| detract \| die \| die away \| die out \| digest \| diminish \| disappear \| disintegrate \| disjoin \| disorganize \| disparage \| dispel \| disperse \| dissipate \| dissolve \| dive \| do a fade-out \| drain \| drain of resources \| dribble away \| drop \| drop off \| dwindle \| eat \| eat away \| eat into \| eat up \| ebb \| erase \| evanesce \| evaporate \| exhaust \| exit \| expend \| extract \| fade \| fade away \| fade out \| fall \| fall away \| fall off \| fall to pieces \| file \| file away \| finish \| finish off \| fission \| flee \| fly \| fray \| frazzle \| fret \| gall \| gnaw \| gnaw away \| go \| go away \| gobble \| gobble up \| grate \| graze \| grind \| grind down \| hide \| impair \| impoverish \| ingest \| languish \| leach \| leave no trace \| leave the scene \| lessen \| let up \| melt \| melt away \| molder \| nibble away \| oxidize \| pass \| pass away \| pass out \| perish \| plummet \| plunge \| purify \| rasp \| raze \| reduce \| refine \| remove \| retire from sight \| retrench \| rub \| rub away \| rub off \| rub out \| ruffle \| run low \| rust \| sag \| scour \| scrape \| scrub \| scuff \| shorten \| shrink \| sink \| sink away \| skin \| spend \| split \| squander \| subduct \| subside \| subtract \| suck dry \| suffer an eclipse \| swallow \| swallow up \| tail off \| take away \| take from \| tatter \| thin \| thin out \| use up \| vanish \| vanish from sight \| wane \| waste \| waste away \| wear \| wear away \| wear down \| wear off \| wear out \| wear ragged \| weather \| weed \| withdraw See Also \| crumble \| damage \| decay \| delapidate \| wash Erode In Webster's Dictionary \Erode"\, 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.'' --Wiseman. The smaller charge is more apt to . . . erode the gun. --Am. Cyc. \Erode"\, 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 Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Erode?

[v] remove soil or rock, as of wind or water; "Rain eroded the terraces"
[v] become ground down or deteriorate; "Her confidence eroded"

Erode In Webster's Dictionary

\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.'' --Wiseman.

      The smaller charge is more apt to . . . erode the gun.
                                               --Am. Cyc.


\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.

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