Erode

[ɪ'rəʊd] or [ɪ'rod]

Definition

(verb.) remove soil or rock; 'Rain eroded the terraces'.

(verb.) become ground down or deteriorate; 'Her confidence eroded'.

Typed by Julie--From WordNet

Definition

(v. t.) To eat into or away; to corrode; as, canker erodes the flesh.

Edited by Helen

Synonyms and Synonymous

v. a. Consume, destroy, canker, corrode, eat away.

Edited by Jeffrey

Synonyms and Antonyms

[See COURAGE]

Typist: Wilhelmina

Definition

v.t. to eat away: to wear away.—n. Erō′dent a caustic drug.—adj. Erōse′ gnawed.—n. Erō′sion act or state of eating or being eaten away.—adj. Erō′sive having the property of eating away.

Typist: Shelley