Corrode

[kə'rəʊd] or [kə'rod]

Definition

(verb.) become destroyed by water, air, or a corrosive such as an acid; 'The metal corroded'; 'The pipes rusted'.

(verb.) cause to deteriorate due to the action of water, air, or an acid; 'The acid corroded the metal'; 'The steady dripping of water rusted the metal stopper in the sink'.

Checker: Trent--From WordNet

Definition

(v. t.) To eat away by degrees; to wear away or diminish by gradually separating or destroying small particles of, as by action of a strong acid or a caustic alkali.

(v. t.) To consume; to wear away; to prey upon; to impair.

(v. i.) To have corrosive action; to be subject to corrosion.

Editor: Thea

Synonyms and Synonymous

v. a. [1]. Erode, canker, eat away.[2]. Consume, waste, wear away, prey upon.

Edited by Donnie

Synonyms and Antonyms

SYN:Eat, rust, gnaw, canker, wear, crumble

ANT:Repair, renew, furbish, consolidate

Editor: Natasha

Definition

v.t. to eat away by degrees: to rust.—v.i. to be eaten away.—adj. Corrod′ent having the power of corroding.—n. that which corrodes.—ns. Corrodibil′ity Corrosibil′ity Corrō′sibleness.—adjs. Corrod′ible Corros′ible that may be corroded.—n. Corrō′sion act of eating or wasting away.—adj. Corros′ive having the quality of eating away.—n. that which has the power of corroding.—adv. Corros′ively.—n. Corros′iveness.—Corrosive sublimate the popular name of the highly poisonous bichloride of mercury (mercuric chloride).

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