Erode : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Erode	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for Erode
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
erode v become ground down or deteriorate; "Her confidence eroded" Synonym(s): erode, gnaw, gnaw at, eat at, wear away remove soil or rock; "Rain eroded the terraces" Synonym(s): erode, eat away, fret
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Erode \Erode"\, v. t. (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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Erode \Erode"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Eroded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Eroding}.] [L. erodere, erosum; e out + rodere to gnaw. See {Rodent}.] To eat into or away; to corrode; as, canker erodes the flesh. [bd]The blood . . . erodes the vessels.[b8] --Wiseman. The smaller charge is more apt to . . . erode* the gun. --Am. Cyc.