"corrode" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /kəˈɹəʊd/ [UK], /kəˈɹoʊd/ [US], [kəˈɹoʊ̯d] [US], [kɚˈ(ɹ)oʊ̯d] [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-corrode.wav Forms: corrodes [present, singular, third-person], corroding [participle, present], corroded [participle, past], corroded [past]
Rhymes: -əʊd Etymology: From Middle English corrōden, that borrowed from Old French corroder or directly from Latin corrōdere (“to gnaw”), from con- (“completely”) + rōdere (“to gnaw”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*reh₁d-}}, {{inh|en|enm|corrōden}} Middle English corrōden, {{der|en|fro|corroder}} Old French corroder, {{der|en|la|corrōdere||to gnaw}} Latin corrōdere (“to gnaw”), {{af|la|con-|rōdere|nocat=1|t1=completely|t2=to gnaw}} con- (“completely”) + rōdere (“to gnaw”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} corrode (third-person singular simple present corrodes, present participle corroding, simple past and past participle corroded)
  1. (transitive) To eat away bit by bit; to wear away or diminish by gradually separating or destroying small particles of, as by action of a strong acid or a caustic alkali. Tags: transitive Synonyms (to eat away by degrees): canker, gnaw, rust, waste, wear Translations (to eat away): corroyer (Asturian), разяждам (razjaždam) (Bulgarian), corroir (Catalan), 腐蝕 (Chinese Mandarin), 腐蚀 (fǔshí) (Chinese Mandarin), uithollen (Dutch), roesten (Dutch), corroderen (Dutch), uitbijten (Dutch), inbijten (Dutch), aanvreten (Dutch), korodi (Esperanto), syövyttää (english: by acid/alkali) (Finnish), ruostuttaa (english: rust) (Finnish), kulua (english: wear) (Finnish), kuluttaa (Finnish), syödä [informal] (Finnish), éroder (French), rouiller (French), corroer (Galician), zerfressen (German), שיתך (shitékh) (Hebrew), איכל (ikél) (Hebrew), æta (Icelandic), corrodere (Italian), pūnguru (Maori), corroer (Portuguese), разъеда́ть (razʺjedátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), разъе́сть (razʺjéstʹ) [perfective] (Russian), corroer (Spanish), ăn mòn (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-corrode-en-verb-7KlvHycB Categories (other): Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 43 47 9 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 44 49 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 42 46 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 45 50 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 42 50 8 Disambiguation of 'to eat away by degrees': 70 29 1 Disambiguation of 'to eat away': 72 27 1
  2. (transitive) To consume; to wear away; to prey upon; to impair. Tags: transitive Translations (to consume): corroir (Catalan), corroderen (Dutch)
    Sense id: en-corrode-en-verb-L9-vfehE Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, Terms with Asturian translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hebrew translations, Terms with Icelandic translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Vietnamese translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 41 55 4 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 41 52 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Asturian translations: 38 52 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 38 52 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 43 47 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 37 53 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 38 56 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 38 54 8 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 37 53 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 38 54 8 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 44 49 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Hebrew translations: 38 52 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Icelandic translations: 38 52 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 38 57 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 42 46 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 38 52 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 35 52 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 45 50 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 42 50 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Vietnamese translations: 38 52 10 Disambiguation of 'to consume': 6 93 1
  3. (intransitive) To have corrosive action; to be subject to corrosion. Tags: intransitive Translations (to have corrosive action): кородирам (korodiram) (Bulgarian), corroir (Catalan), 侵蝕 (Chinese Mandarin), 侵蚀 (qīnshí) (Chinese Mandarin), corroderen (Dutch), syöpyä (Finnish), ruostua (english: rust) (Finnish), corroder (French), korrodieren (German), rosten (German), corroer (Portuguese), корроди́ровать (korrodírovatʹ) [imperfective, perfective] (Russian), ржаве́ть (ržavétʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), заржаве́ть (zaržavétʹ) [perfective] (Russian), corroer (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-corrode-en-verb-sEIuR9vv Categories (other): Terms with Mandarin translations Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 42 46 12 Disambiguation of 'to have corrosive action': 6 0 94
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: corroding lead

Inflected forms

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          "word": "侵蝕"
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          "roman": "qīnshí",
          "sense": "to have corrosive action",
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          "word": "syöpyä"
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          "english": "rust",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to have corrosive action",
          "word": "ruostua"
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          "sense": "to have corrosive action",
          "word": "corroder"
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          "code": "de",
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          "sense": "to have corrosive action",
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          "code": "de",
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          "sense": "to have corrosive action",
          "word": "rosten"
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          "sense": "to have corrosive action",
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          "_dis1": "6 0 94",
          "code": "ru",
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          "roman": "korrodírovatʹ",
          "sense": "to have corrosive action",
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    "Terms with Galician translations",
    "Terms with German translations",
    "Terms with Hebrew translations",
    "Terms with Icelandic translations",
    "Terms with Italian translations",
    "Terms with Mandarin translations",
    "Terms with Maori translations",
    "Terms with Portuguese translations",
    "Terms with Russian translations",
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        "To consume; to wear away; to prey upon; to impair."
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        "(transitive) To consume; to wear away; to prey upon; to impair."
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        "To have corrosive action; to be subject to corrosion."
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        "(intransitive) To have corrosive action; to be subject to corrosion."
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      "ipa": "[kəˈɹoʊ̯d]",
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      "sense": "to eat away by degrees",
      "word": "canker"
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      "sense": "to eat away by degrees",
      "word": "gnaw"
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    {
      "sense": "to eat away by degrees",
      "word": "rust"
    },
    {
      "sense": "to eat away by degrees",
      "word": "waste"
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    {
      "sense": "to eat away by degrees",
      "word": "wear"
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      "code": "ast",
      "lang": "Asturian",
      "sense": "to eat away",
      "word": "corroyer"
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      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "razjaždam",
      "sense": "to eat away",
      "word": "разяждам"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to eat away",
      "word": "corroir"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "to eat away",
      "word": "腐蝕"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "fǔshí",
      "sense": "to eat away",
      "word": "腐蚀"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to eat away",
      "word": "uithollen"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to eat away",
      "word": "roesten"
    },
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to eat away",
      "word": "corroderen"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to eat away",
      "word": "uitbijten"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to eat away",
      "word": "inbijten"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to eat away",
      "word": "aanvreten"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "to eat away",
      "word": "korodi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "english": "by acid/alkali",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to eat away",
      "word": "syövyttää"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "english": "rust",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to eat away",
      "word": "ruostuttaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "english": "wear",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to eat away",
      "word": "kulua"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to eat away",
      "word": "kuluttaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to eat away",
      "tags": [
        "informal"
      ],
      "word": "syödä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to eat away",
      "word": "éroder"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to eat away",
      "word": "rouiller"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to eat away",
      "word": "corroer"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to eat away",
      "word": "zerfressen"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "shitékh",
      "sense": "to eat away",
      "word": "שיתך"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "ikél",
      "sense": "to eat away",
      "word": "איכל"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "to eat away",
      "word": "æta"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to eat away",
      "word": "corrodere"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to eat away",
      "word": "pūnguru"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to eat away",
      "word": "corroer"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "razʺjedátʹ",
      "sense": "to eat away",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "разъеда́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "razʺjéstʹ",
      "sense": "to eat away",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "разъе́сть"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to eat away",
      "word": "corroer"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "to eat away",
      "word": "ăn mòn"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to consume",
      "word": "corroir"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to consume",
      "word": "corroderen"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "korodiram",
      "sense": "to have corrosive action",
      "word": "кородирам"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to have corrosive action",
      "word": "corroir"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "to have corrosive action",
      "word": "侵蝕"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "qīnshí",
      "sense": "to have corrosive action",
      "word": "侵蚀"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to have corrosive action",
      "word": "corroderen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to have corrosive action",
      "word": "syöpyä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "english": "rust",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to have corrosive action",
      "word": "ruostua"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to have corrosive action",
      "word": "corroder"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to have corrosive action",
      "word": "korrodieren"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to have corrosive action",
      "word": "rosten"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to have corrosive action",
      "word": "corroer"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "korrodírovatʹ",
      "sense": "to have corrosive action",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "корроди́ровать"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ržavétʹ",
      "sense": "to have corrosive action",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "ржаве́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zaržavétʹ",
      "sense": "to have corrosive action",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "заржаве́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to have corrosive action",
      "word": "corroer"
    }
  ],
  "word": "corrode"
}

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