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e⋅rode

  [i-rohd] verb, e⋅rod⋅ed, e⋅rod⋅ing.
Use erode in a Sentence
–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 ērōdere, equiv. to ē- e- + rōdere to gnaw

Related forms:
e⋅rod⋅i⋅ble, e⋅rod⋅a⋅ble, e⋅ro⋅si⋅ble  [i-roh-zuh-buhl, -suh-] , 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   (ĭ-rōd')   
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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Word Origin & History

erode 
1612, see erosion.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: erode
Pronunciation: i-'rOd
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Forms: erod·ed; erod·ing
1 : to eat intoor away by slow destruction of substance (as by acid, infection, or cancer) erode the teeth> eroded by cancer>
2 : to remove with anabrasive erodes the decayed area>
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erode e·rode (ĭ-rōd')
v. e·rod·ed, e·rod·ing, e·rodes

  1. To wear away by or as if by abrasion.

  2. To eat into; ulcerate.

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Erode

town, northern Tamil Nadu state, southeastern India, on the Cauvery River. Temple inscriptions indicate the prominent role played by the town as early as the 10th century AD. Its name is associated with a Cola temple (907-1279) and means "wet skull." Though Erode was successively destroyed by Maratha, Mysore Muslim, and British armies, the surrounding fertile soils assisted in the town's quick recovery as an agricultural trade centre

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