eroding : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: eroding	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for eroding
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
eroding n (geology) the mechanical process of wearing or grinding something down (as by particles washing over it) Synonym(s): erosion, eroding, eating away, wearing, wearing away
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Erode \E*rode"\, 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.