'Corrode' definitions:
Definition of 'corrode'
(from WordNet)
verb
Cause to deteriorate due to the action of water, air, or an acid; "The acid corroded the metal"; "The steady dripping of water rusted the metal stopper in the sink" [syn: corrode, eat, rust]
verb
Become destroyed by water, air, or a corrosive such as an acid; "The metal corroded"; "The pipes rusted" [syn: corrode, rust]
Definition of 'Corrode'
From: GCIDE
- Corrode \Cor*rode"\ (k?r-r?d") v. t. [imp. & p. p. Corroded; p. pr. & vb. n. Corroding.] [L. corrodere, -rosum; cor + rodere to gnaw: cf. F. corroder. See Rodent.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. To eat away by degrees; to wear away or diminish by gradually separating or destroying small particles of, as by action of a strong acid or a caustic alkali. [1913 Webster]
- Aqua fortis corroding copper . . . is wont to reduce it to a green-blue solution. --Boyle. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To consume; to wear away; to prey upon; to impair. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Corrode'
From: GCIDE
- Corrode \Cor*rode"\, v. i. To have corrosive action; to be subject to corrosion. [1913 Webster]
- Corroding lead, lead sufficiently pure to be used in making white lead by a process of corroding.
- Syn: To canker; gnaw; rust; waste; wear away. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'corrode'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abate,
- ablate,
- atomize,
- bate,
- be eaten away,
- bite,
- break up,
- canker,
- come apart,
- consume,
- consume away,
- crack up,
- crumble,
- crumble into dust,
- decay,
- decline,
- decompose,
- decrease,
- deliquesce,
- die away,
- diminish,
- disintegrate,
- disjoin,
- disorganize,
- dissolve,
- dive,
- drop,
- drop off,
- dwindle,
- eat,
- eat away,
- eat into,
- eat out,
- ebb,
- erode,
- etch,
- fall,
- fall away,
- fall off,
- fall to pieces,
- fission,
- gnaw,
- languish,
- lessen,
- let up,
- melt away,
- molder,
- nibble away,
- oxidize,
- plummet,
- plunge,
- run low,
- rust,
- sag,
- scour,
- shrink,
- sink,
- split,
- subside,
- tail off,
- wane,
- waste,
- waste away,
- wear,
- wear away