'Erode' definitions:

Definition of 'erode'

From: WordNet
verb
Become ground down or deteriorate; "Her confidence eroded" [syn: erode, gnaw, gnaw at, eat at, wear away]
verb
Remove soil or rock; "Rain eroded the terraces" [syn: erode, eat away, fret]

Definition of 'Erode'

From: GCIDE
  • 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]

Synonyms of 'erode'

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