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- Dictionarye·rode/əˈrōd/
verb
- 1. (of wind, water, or other natural agents) gradually wear away (soil, rock, or land): "the cliffs have been eroded by the sea"
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1. : to diminish or destroy by degrees: a. : to eat into or away by slow destruction of substance (as by acid, infection, or cancer) b. : to wear away by the action of water, wind, or glacial ice. flooding eroded the hillside. c. : to cause to deteriorate or disappear as if by eating or wearing away. inflation eroding buying power. 2.
ERODE definition: 1. to rub or be rubbed away gradually: 2. to slowly reduce or destroy something: 3. to rub or be…. Learn more.
When soil or land erodes, it wears away or is removed. Many beaches seem to get smaller and smaller, as the endless wash of the waves begins to erode the fine sand. While erode is most commonly used when describing land loss, you can also use it in less literal ways.
Erode definition: to eat into or away; destroy by slow consumption or disintegration. See examples of ERODE used in a sentence.
ERODE meaning: 1. to rub or be rubbed away gradually: 2. to slowly reduce or destroy something: 3. to rub or be…. Learn more.
[transitive, intransitive] to gradually destroy something or make it weaker over a period of time; to be destroyed or made weaker in this way. be eroded (by something) Her confidence has been slowly eroded by repeated failures. Mortgage payments have been eroded (= decreased in value) by inflation.
1.verb. 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. [VERB] Once exposed, soil is quickly eroded by wind and rain. [beVERB -ed] [ Also VERB noun] Synonyms: disintegrate, crumble, deteriorate, corrode More Synonyms of erode.
1. to grind or wear down or away or become ground or worn down or away. 2. to deteriorate or cause to deteriorate: jealousy eroded the relationship. 3. (Pathology) ( tr; usually passive) pathol to remove (tissue) by ulceration. [C17: from Latin ērōdere, from ex- 1 + rōdere to gnaw] eˈrodent adj, n. eˈrodible, eˈrodable adj.
erode meaning, definition, what is erode: if the weather erodes rock or soil, or i...: Learn more.
To cause to deteriorate, decay, or vanish. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. More Verb Definitions (1) Synonyms: bite. eat. wear away. gnaw. corrode. deteriorate.
