"erode" meaning in English

See erode in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ɪˈɹəʊd/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ɪˈɹoʊd/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-erode.wav Forms: erodes [present, singular, third-person], eroding [participle, present], eroded [participle, past], eroded [past]
Rhymes: -əʊd Etymology: From French éroder, from Latin ērōdō. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*reh₁d-}}, {{bor|en|fr|éroder}} French éroder, {{der|en|la|ērōdō}} Latin ērōdō Head templates: {{en-verb}} erode (third-person singular simple present erodes, present participle eroding, simple past and past participle eroded)
  1. To wear away by abrasion, corrosion or chemical reaction. Translations (To wear away by abrasion, corrosion or chemical reaction): эрадзі́раваць (eradzíravacʹ) [imperfective, perfective] (Belarusian), еродирам (erodiram) (Bulgarian), разяждам (razjaždam) (Bulgarian), 侵蚀 (qīnshí) (Chinese Mandarin), 受腐蚀 (Chinese Mandarin), erodere (Danish), afslijten (Dutch), uitslijten (Dutch), verweren (Dutch), eroderen (Dutch), corroderen (Dutch), aantasten (Dutch), aanvreten (Dutch), uitbijten (Dutch), inbijten (Dutch), kuluttaa (Finnish), syövyttää (Finnish), jäytää (Finnish), éroder (French), erodieren (German), erodere (Italian), corrodere (Italian), rodere (Italian), ngāhorohoro (Maori), weku (note: physically by stream or water action) (Maori), erodere (Norwegian Bokmål), erodera (Norwegian Nynorsk), erodere (Norwegian Nynorsk), erodir (Portuguese), эроди́ровать (erodírovatʹ) [imperfective, perfective] (Russian), erosionar (Spanish), corroer (Spanish), erodera (Swedish), еродува́ти (eroduváty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), אַוועקשווענקען (avekshvenken) (Yiddish)
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  2. (figurative) To destroy gradually by an ongoing process. Tags: figuratively Translations ((figurative) To destroy gradually): urholka (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-erode-en-verb-YLT0fVK7 Disambiguation of '(figurative) To destroy gradually': 4 96
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: erosion

Inflected forms

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    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "eradzíravacʹ",
      "sense": "To wear away by abrasion, corrosion or chemical reaction",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "эрадзі́раваць"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "erodiram",
      "sense": "To wear away by abrasion, corrosion or chemical reaction",
      "word": "еродирам"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "razjaždam",
      "sense": "To wear away by abrasion, corrosion or chemical reaction",
      "word": "разяждам"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "qīnshí",
      "sense": "To wear away by abrasion, corrosion or chemical reaction",
      "word": "侵蚀"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "To wear away by abrasion, corrosion or chemical reaction",
      "word": "受腐蚀"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "To wear away by abrasion, corrosion or chemical reaction",
      "word": "erodere"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "To wear away by abrasion, corrosion or chemical reaction",
      "word": "afslijten"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "To wear away by abrasion, corrosion or chemical reaction",
      "word": "uitslijten"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "To wear away by abrasion, corrosion or chemical reaction",
      "word": "verweren"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "To wear away by abrasion, corrosion or chemical reaction",
      "word": "eroderen"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "To wear away by abrasion, corrosion or chemical reaction",
      "word": "corroderen"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "To wear away by abrasion, corrosion or chemical reaction",
      "word": "aantasten"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "To wear away by abrasion, corrosion or chemical reaction",
      "word": "aanvreten"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "To wear away by abrasion, corrosion or chemical reaction",
      "word": "uitbijten"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "To wear away by abrasion, corrosion or chemical reaction",
      "word": "inbijten"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "To wear away by abrasion, corrosion or chemical reaction",
      "word": "kuluttaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "To wear away by abrasion, corrosion or chemical reaction",
      "word": "syövyttää"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "To wear away by abrasion, corrosion or chemical reaction",
      "word": "jäytää"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "To wear away by abrasion, corrosion or chemical reaction",
      "word": "éroder"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "To wear away by abrasion, corrosion or chemical reaction",
      "word": "erodieren"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "To wear away by abrasion, corrosion or chemical reaction",
      "word": "erodere"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "To wear away by abrasion, corrosion or chemical reaction",
      "word": "corrodere"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "To wear away by abrasion, corrosion or chemical reaction",
      "word": "rodere"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "To wear away by abrasion, corrosion or chemical reaction",
      "word": "ngāhorohoro"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "note": "physically by stream or water action",
      "sense": "To wear away by abrasion, corrosion or chemical reaction",
      "word": "weku"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "To wear away by abrasion, corrosion or chemical reaction",
      "word": "erodere"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "To wear away by abrasion, corrosion or chemical reaction",
      "word": "erodera"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "To wear away by abrasion, corrosion or chemical reaction",
      "word": "erodere"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "To wear away by abrasion, corrosion or chemical reaction",
      "word": "erodir"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "erodírovatʹ",
      "sense": "To wear away by abrasion, corrosion or chemical reaction",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "эроди́ровать"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "To wear away by abrasion, corrosion or chemical reaction",
      "word": "erosionar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "To wear away by abrasion, corrosion or chemical reaction",
      "word": "corroer"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "To wear away by abrasion, corrosion or chemical reaction",
      "word": "erodera"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "eroduváty",
      "sense": "To wear away by abrasion, corrosion or chemical reaction",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "еродува́ти"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "avekshvenken",
      "sense": "To wear away by abrasion, corrosion or chemical reaction",
      "word": "אַוועקשווענקען"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "(figurative) To destroy gradually",
      "word": "urholka"
    }
  ],
  "word": "erode"
}

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