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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    Audio Help   [i-roh-zuh-buhl, -suh-] Pronunciation Key, adjective
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.
  1. To wear (something) away by or as if by abrasion: Waves eroded the shore.
  2. To eat into; corrode.
  3. To make or form by wearing away: The river eroded a deep valley.
  4. 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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eroding

noun
(geology) the mechanical process of wearing or grinding something down (as by particles washing over it) [syn: erosion] 

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