erode

erode
[[t]ɪro͟ʊd[/t]]
erodes, eroding, eroded
1) V-ERG If rock or soil erodes or is eroded by the weather, sea, or wind, it cracks and breaks so that it is gradually destroyed.

By 1980, Miami beach had all but totally eroded...

[be V-ed] Once exposed, soil is quickly eroded by wind and rain. [Also V n]

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eroded ADJ-GRADED

...the deeply eroded landscape.

2) V-ERG If someone's authority, right, or confidence erodes or is eroded, it is gradually destroyed or removed. [FORMAL]

[V n] His critics say his fumbling of the issue of reform has eroded his authority...

America's belief in its own God-ordained uniqueness started to erode.

3) V-ERG If the value of something erodes or is eroded by something such as inflation or age, its value decreases.

[V n] Competition in the financial marketplace has eroded profits...

The value of the dollar began to erode rapidly just around this time.


English dictionary. 2008.

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  • Erode — Administration Pays Inde Région Tamil Nadu District …   Wikipédia en Français

  • erode — e‧rode [ɪˈrəʊd ǁ ɪˈroʊd] verb [transitive] if an amount or value is eroded, it is slowly reduced: • Stock prices were eroded by profit taking and ended down. • The real value of the capital was slowly being eroded by inflation. erosion noun… …   Financial and business terms

  • 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… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • erode — I verb abrade, break down, consume, decay, decrease, deteriorate, diminish, disintegrate, dissolve, file, gradually eat away, grind, lessen, lose, make thin, rasp, recede, reduce, rub away, scrape, shrink, strip, waste, weaken, wear, wear away,… …   Law dictionary

  • Erode —   [e rəʊd], Stadt im Bundesstaat Tamil Nadu, Südindien, an der Cauvery, 159 200 Einwohner; Textilindustrie; Verkehrsknotenpunkt …   Universal-Lexikon

  • érodé — érodé, ée (é ro dé, dée) part. passé. Terme didactique. Une casserole érodée par le vert de gris …   Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré

  • erode — 1610s, a back formation from erosion, or else from Fr. éroder, from L. erodere to gnaw away, consume (see EROSION (Cf. erosion)). Related: Eroded; eroding. Originally of acids, ulcers, etc.; geological sense is from 1830 …   Etymology dictionary

  • erode — [v] deteriorate; wear away abrade, bite, consume, corrode, crumble, destroy, disintegrate, eat, gnaw, grind down, scour, spoil, waste, wear down; concepts 252,469 Ant. build, construct, fix, rebuild …   New thesaurus

  • erode — ► VERB 1) gradually wear or be worn away. 2) gradually destroy (an abstract quality or state). DERIVATIVES erodible adjective. ORIGIN Latin erodere, from rodere gnaw …   English terms dictionary

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