Erode

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The American HeritageĀ® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. To wear (something) away by or as if by abrasion: Waves eroded the shore.
  • v. To eat into; corrode.
  • v. To make or form by wearing away: The river eroded a deep valley.
  • v. To cause to diminish or deteriorate as if by eating into or wearing away: "Long enduring peace often erodes popular resolutionā€ ( C.L. Sulzberger).
  • verb-intransitive. To become worn or eaten away: The cliffs have eroded over the centuries. Public confidence in the administration eroded.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To wear away by abrasion, corrosion or chemical reaction
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • v. To eat into or away; to corrode.
  • v.
  • v. To wear away.
  • v. To produce by erosion, or wearing away.
  • v. to reduce or lessen as if by eroding.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To gnaw or eat into or away; corrode.
  • Hence To wear away, as if by gnawing: specifically used in geology of the action of water, etc., in wearing down the earth's surface.
  • To become worn away.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. remove soil or rock
  • v. become ground down or deteriorate
  • Verb Form
    eroded    erodes    eroding   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    crumble    dilapidate    decay   
    Cross Reference
    Form
    eroded    eroding    erosion   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    corrode    destroy    eat    consume    weary    fret    rub    denude    wash    wash away   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Rhode    abode    bestowed    bestrode    blowed    bode    bowed    brode    busload    coad