'Erode' definitions:
Definition of 'erode'
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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'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abate,
- ablate,
- abrade,
- abrase,
- absorb,
- abstract,
- assimilate,
- atomize,
- bark,
- bate,
- be consumed,
- be eaten away,
- be gone,
- bite,
- bleed white,
- break up,
- burn up,
- canker,
- cease,
- cease to be,
- cease to exist,
- chafe,
- come apart,
- consume,
- consume away,
- corrode,
- crack up,
- crumble,
- crumble into dust,
- curtail,
- decay,
- decline,
- decompose,
- decrease,
- deduct,
- deliquesce,
- dematerialize,
- depart,
- deplete,
- depreciate,
- derogate,
- destroy,
- deteriorate,
- detract,
- die,
- die away,
- die out,
- digest,
- diminish,
- disappear,
- disintegrate,
- disjoin,
- disorganize,
- disparage,
- dispel,
- disperse,
- dissipate,
- dissolve,
- dive,
- do a fade-out,
- drain,
- drain of resources,
- dribble away,
- drop,
- drop off,
- dwindle,
- eat,
- eat away,
- eat into,
- eat up,
- ebb,
- erase,
- evanesce,
- evaporate,
- exhaust,
- exit,
- expend,
- extract,
- fade,
- fade away,
- fade out,
- fall,
- fall away,
- fall off,
- fall to pieces,
- file,
- file away,
- finish,
- finish off,
- fission,
- flee,
- fly,
- fray,
- frazzle,
- fret,
- gall,
- gnaw,
- gnaw away,
- go,
- go away,
- gobble,
- gobble up,
- grate,
- graze,
- grind,
- grind down,
- hide,
- impair,
- impoverish,
- ingest,
- languish,
- leach,
- leave no trace,
- leave the scene,
- lessen,
- let up,
- melt,
- melt away,
- molder,
- nibble away,
- oxidize,
- pass,
- pass away,
- pass out,
- perish,
- plummet,
- plunge,
- purify,
- rasp,
- raze,
- reduce,
- refine,
- remove,
- retire from sight,
- retrench,
- rub,
- rub away,
- rub off,
- rub out,
- ruffle,
- run low,
- rust,
- sag,
- scour,
- scrape,
- scrub,
- scuff,
- shorten,
- shrink,
- sink,
- sink away,
- skin,
- spend,
- split,
- squander,
- subduct,
- subside,
- subtract,
- suck dry,
- suffer an eclipse,
- swallow,
- swallow up,
- tail off,
- take away,
- take from,
- tatter,
- thin,
- thin out,
- use up,
- vanish,
- vanish from sight,
- wane,
- waste,
- waste away,
- wear,
- wear away,
- wear down,
- wear off,
- wear out,
- wear ragged,
- weather,
- weed,
- withdraw