[kuh-reyd, kaw-] 
verb, -rad⋅ed, -rad⋅ing.| 1. | (of a moving agent, as running water, wind, or a glacier) to erode by the abrasion of materials carried along. |
| 2. | to disintegrate as a result of corrasion, as the rock underlying the brink of a waterfall. |
| 3. | to wear down by corrasion; abrade. |
| cor·rade (kə-rād') tr. & intr.v. cor·rad·ed, cor·rad·ing, cor·rades To erode or be eroded by abrasion. [Latin corrādere, to scrape together : com-, com- + rādere, to scrape; see rēd- in Indo-European roots.] cor·ra'sion (-rā'zhən) n., cor·ra'sive (-sĭv, -zĭv) adj. |
