'Eroding' definitions:
Definition of 'eroding'
(from WordNet)
noun
(geology) the mechanical process of wearing or grinding something down (as by particles washing over it) [syn: erosion, eroding, eating away, wearing, wearing away]
Definition of 'Eroding'
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]