erode

erode
verb /ɪˈrəʊd,ɪˈroʊd/

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  • Erode — ஈரோடு …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • erode — UK [ɪˈrəʊd] / US [ɪˈroʊd] or erode away UK / US verb [intransitive/transitive] Word forms erode : present tense I/you/we/they erode he/she/it erodes present participle eroding past tense eroded past participle eroded * 1) to gradually damage the… …   English dictionary

  • Erode — Administration Pays Inde Région Tamil Nadu District …   Wikipédia en Français

  • erode — e‧rode [ɪˈrəʊd ǁ ɪˈroʊd] verb [transitive] if an amount or value is eroded, it is slowly reduced: • Stock prices were eroded by profit taking and ended down. • The real value of the capital was slowly being eroded by inflation. erosion noun… …   Financial and business terms

  • Erode — E*rode , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Eroded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Eroding}.] [L. erodere, erosum; e out + rodere to gnaw. See {Rodent}.] 1. To eat into or away; to corrode; as, canker erodes the flesh. The blood . . . erodes the vessels. Wiseman. [1913… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • erode — I verb abrade, break down, consume, decay, decrease, deteriorate, diminish, disintegrate, dissolve, file, gradually eat away, grind, lessen, lose, make thin, rasp, recede, reduce, rub away, scrape, shrink, strip, waste, weaken, wear, wear away,… …   Law dictionary

  • Erode —   [e rəʊd], Stadt im Bundesstaat Tamil Nadu, Südindien, an der Cauvery, 159 200 Einwohner; Textilindustrie; Verkehrsknotenpunkt …   Universal-Lexikon

  • érodé — érodé, ée (é ro dé, dée) part. passé. Terme didactique. Une casserole érodée par le vert de gris …   Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré

  • erode — 1610s, a back formation from erosion, or else from Fr. éroder, from L. erodere to gnaw away, consume (see EROSION (Cf. erosion)). Related: Eroded; eroding. Originally of acids, ulcers, etc.; geological sense is from 1830 …   Etymology dictionary

  • erode — [v] deteriorate; wear away abrade, bite, consume, corrode, crumble, destroy, disintegrate, eat, gnaw, grind down, scour, spoil, waste, wear down; concepts 252,469 Ant. build, construct, fix, rebuild …   New thesaurus

  • erode — ► VERB 1) gradually wear or be worn away. 2) gradually destroy (an abstract quality or state). DERIVATIVES erodible adjective. ORIGIN Latin erodere, from rodere gnaw …   English terms dictionary

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