Erode
41erode — see ROSTRUM …
42erode — e·rode || ɪ rəʊd v. wear away, grind down, corrode; slowly consume, eat away …
43erode — [ɪ rəʊd] verb 1》 (with reference to the action of wind, water, etc. on the land) gradually wear or be worn away. 2》 gradually destroy or weaken: parliament s authority has been eroded by successive governments. ↘Medicine (of a disease)… …
44erode — v. a. Consume, destory, canker, corrode, eat away …
45erode — verb waves and weather are seriously eroding the north side of the island Syn: wear away/down, abrade, grind down, crumble; weather; eat away at, dissolve, corrode, rot, decay; undermine, weaken, deteriorate, destroy …
46erode — v 1. wear, wear down or away, waste away, wash away; corrode, fret, gnaw, consume, devour, eat out or away; abrade, rub down, chafe, fray, Inf. frazzle; grate, rasp, grind, scrape, excoriate. 2. canker, deteriorate, ravage, despoil. 3. channel,… …
47erode — verb Syn: wear away/down, abrade, grind down, crumble, weather, undermine, weaken, deteriorate, destroy …
48erode — [ɪˈrəʊd] verb [I/T] 1) to gradually damage the surface of rock or land so that it begins to disappear, or to be gradually damaged in this way 2) to gradually reduce the strength, importance, or value of something, or to be gradually reduced in… …
49erode — e•rode [[t]ɪˈroʊd[/t]] v. e•rod•ed, e•rod•ing 1) to eat into or away; destroy by slow disintegration 2) gel to form (a gully, butte, etc.) by erosion 3) to become eroded • Etymology: 1605–15; < L ērōdere=ē e +rōdere to gnaw e•rod′i•ble, adj.… …
50erode — /əˈroʊd / (say uh rohd), /i / (say ee ) verb (t) (eroded, eroding) 1. to eat out or away; destroy by slow consumption. 2. to form (a channel, etc.) by eating or wearing away (used especially in geology, to denote the action of all the forces of… …
