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e·rode

Audio Help [i-rohd] Pronunciation Key verb, e·rod·ed, e·rod·ing.

–verb (used with object)

1.	to eat into or away; destroy by slow consumption or disintegration: Battery acid had eroded the engine. Inflation erodes the value of our money.

2.	to form (a gully, butte, or the like) by erosion.

–verb (used without object)

3.	to become eroded.

[Origin: 1605–15; < L érōdere, equiv. to é- e- + rōdere to gnaw

]

—Related forms

e·rod·i·ble, e·rod·a·ble, e·ro·si·ble

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e·rod·i·bil·i·ty, e·rod·a·bil·i·ty, noun

—Synonyms 1. corrode, waste, ravage, spoil.

—Antonyms 1. strengthen, reinforce.

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e·rode Audio Help   (ĭ-rōd') Pronunciation Key
v.   e·rod·ed, e·rod·ing, e·rodes

v.   tr.

To wear (something) away by or as if by abrasion: Waves eroded the shore.
To eat into; corrode.
To make or form by wearing away: The river eroded a deep valley.
To cause to diminish or deteriorate as if by eating into or wearing away: "Long enduring peace often erodes popular resolution" (C.L. Sulzberger).

v. intr.
To become worn or eaten away: The cliffs have eroded over the centuries. Public confidence in the administration eroded.

[Latin ērōdere, to gnaw off, eat away : ē-, ex-, ex- + rōdere, to gnaw; see rēd- in Indo-European roots.]

e·rod'i·bil'i·ty n., e·rod'i·ble adj.

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eroded
adjective
worn away as by water or ice or wind

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Eroded

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.

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Eroded

E*rod"ed\, p. p. & a. 1. Eaten away; gnawed; irregular, as if eaten or worn away.

2. (Bot.) Having the edge worn away so as to be jagged or irregularly toothed.

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