erode

Definition of Erode in English :

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Verb

1. eat at, erode, gnaw, gnaw at, wear away

become ground down or deteriorate

Example Sentences:
'Her confidence eroded'

2. eat away, erode, fret

remove soil or rock

Example Sentences:
'Rain eroded the terraces'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Erode

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verb

1.

to grind or wear down or away or become ground or worn down or away

2.

to deteriorate or cause to deteriorate

jealousy eroded the relationship

3. (tr; usually passive) pathology

to remove (tissue) by ulceration

Erode

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city in Tamil Nadu state, S India, on the Cauvery River: pop. 159,000

verb transitiveWord forms: eˈroded or eˈroding

1.

to eat into; wear away; disintegrate

acid erodes metal

2.

to form by wearing away gradually

the running water eroded a gully

3.

to cause to deteriorate, decay, or vanish

verb intransitive

4.

to become eroded

Erode

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v. e·rod·ed, e·rod·ing, e·rodes

v.tr.

1. To wear (something) away by erosion: Waves eroded the shore.

2. To eat into or eat away the substance of: Acidic water erodes pipes. Arthritis had eroded the cartilage.

3. To make or form by wearing away: The river eroded a deep valley.

4. To cause to diminish or deteriorate: "Long enduring peace often erodes popular resolution" (C.L. Sulzberger).

v.intr.

1. To become worn or eaten away: The cliffs have eroded over the centuries.

2. To diminish or deteriorate: Public confidence in the administration eroded.

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