'Erosion' definitions:
Definition of 'erosion'
(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]
noun
Condition in which the earth's surface is worn away by the action of water and wind
noun
A gradual decline of something; "after the accounting scandal there was an erosion of confidence in the auditors"
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Definition of 'Erosion'
From: GCIDE
- Erosion \E*ro"sion\, n. [L. erosio. See Erode.]
- 1. The act or operation of eroding or eating away. [1913 Webster]
- 2. The state of being eaten away; corrosion; canker. [1913 Webster]
- 3. The wearing away of the earth's surface by any natural process. The chief agent of erosion is running water; minor agents are glaciers, the wind, and waves breaking against the coast. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
- 4. a gradual reduction or lessening as if by an erosive force; as, erosion of political support due to scandal; erosion of buying power by inflation. [fig.] [PJC]
Synonyms of 'erosion'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- ablation,
- abrading,
- abrasion,
- abrasive,
- absorption,
- abstraction,
- assimilation,
- atomization,
- attrition,
- breakup,
- buffing,
- burning up,
- burnishing,
- chafe,
- chafing,
- consumption,
- corroding,
- corrosion,
- crumbling,
- decay,
- decomposition,
- decrease,
- decrement,
- deduction,
- degradation,
- deliquescence,
- depletion,
- depreciation,
- detrition,
- digestion,
- dilapidation,
- disintegration,
- disjunction,
- disorganization,
- dissipation,
- dissolution,
- drain,
- dressing,
- eating up,
- erasure,
- evaporation,
- exhaustion,
- expending,
- expenditure,
- filing,
- finishing,
- fraying,
- fretting,
- galling,
- grazing,
- grinding,
- impoverishment,
- incoherence,
- ingestion,
- leakage,
- limation,
- loss,
- polishing,
- purification,
- rasping,
- ravages of time,
- refinement,
- removal,
- resolution,
- rubbing away,
- sandblasting,
- sanding,
- scouring,
- scrape,
- scraping,
- scratch,
- scratching,
- scrub,
- scrubbing,
- scuff,
- shining,
- shrinkage,
- smoothing,
- spending,
- squandering,
- subduction,
- sublation,
- subtraction,
- taking away,
- use,
- using,
- using up,
- wastage,
- waste,
- wastefulness,
- wasting away,
- wear,
- wear and tear,
- wearing,
- wearing away,
- wearing down,
- weathering