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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006) |
erode
v 1: become ground down or deteriorate; "Her confidence eroded"
[syn: erode, gnaw, gnaw at, eat at, wear away]
2: remove soil or rock; "Rain eroded the terraces" [syn:
erode, eat away, fret]
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2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Erode \E*rode"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Eroded; p. pr. & vb. n.
Eroding.] [L. erodere, erosum; e out + rodere to gnaw. See
Rodent.]
1. To eat into or away; to corrode; as, canker erodes the
flesh. "The blood . . . erodes the vessels." --Wiseman.
[1913 Webster]
The smaller charge is more apt to . . . erode the
gun. --Am. Cyc.
[1913 Webster]
2. (Geol. & Phys. Geog.)
(a) To wear away; as, streams and glaciers erode the land.
(b) To produce by erosion, or wearing away; as, glaciers
erode U-shaped valleys.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
3. to reduce or lessen as if by eroding; as, a politician's
base of support is eroded by evidence of corruption; the
buying power of the dollar is eroded by inflation. [fig.]
[PJC]
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Thesaurus Results for erode:
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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 |
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Common Misspellings > |
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