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Definition of erodes in English English dictionary
- third-person singular of erode
- erode
- To wear away by abrasion, corrosion or chemical reaction
- erode
- {v} to canker, eat away, corrode, consume
- ERODE
- to wear away or dissolve
- ERODE
- To wear something away, as heavy rain washing away a farmer’s field
- ERODE
- v to break down larger rock into smaller pieces by weathering processes, including the transportation of those smaller pieces somewhere else
- ERODE
- Wind, water, and movement of glaciers remove material from (erode) the surface of the earth
- ERODE
- become ground down or deteriorate; "Her confidence eroded"
- erode
- {f} wear away, grind down, corrode; slowly consume, eat away
- erode
- If rock or soil erodes or is eroded by the weather, sea, or wind, it cracks and breaks so that it is gradually destroyed. By 1980, Miami beach had all but totally eroded Once exposed, soil is quickly eroded by wind and rain. = wear away + eroded erod·ed the deeply eroded landscape
- erode
- remove soil or rock; "Rain eroded the terraces" become ground down or deteriorate; "Her confidence eroded
- erode
- remove soil or rock; "Rain eroded the terraces"
- erode
- To produce by erosion, or wearing away; as, glaciers erode U-shaped valleys
- erode
- If someone's authority, right, or confidence erodes or is eroded, it is gradually destroyed or removed. His critics say his fumbling of the issue of reform has eroded his authority America's belief in its own God-ordained uniqueness started to erode
- erode
- To wear away; as, streams and glaciers erode the land
- erode
- To eat into or away; to corrode; as, canker erodes the flesh
- erode
- become ground down or deteriorate; "Her confidence eroded
- erode
- If the value of something erodes or is eroded by something such as inflation or age, its value decreases. Competition in the financial marketplace has eroded profits The value of the dollar began to erode rapidly just around this time
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Turkish pronunciation
îrōdzPronunciation
/əˈrōdz/ /ɪˈroʊdz/
Etymology
[ i-'rOd ] (verb.) 1612. Latin erodere to eat away, from e- + rodere to gnaw; more at RODENT.Resimler
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