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Erode - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Erode : (verb)
1: become ground down or deteriorate; "Her confidence eroded"
[syn: gnaw, gnaw at, eat at, wear away]
2: remove soil or rock; "Rain eroded the terraces" [syn: eat
away, fret]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Erode : \E*rode"\, v. t. (Geol. & Phys. Geog.)
(a) To wear away; as, streams and glaciers erode the land.
(b) To produce by erosion, or wearing away; as, glaciers
erode U-shaped valleys.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Erode : \E*rode"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Eroded; p. pr. & vb. n.
Eroding.] [L. erodere, erosum; e out _ rodere to gnaw. See
Rodent.]
To eat into or away; to corrode; as, canker erodes the flesh.
``The blood . . . erodes the vessels.'' --Wiseman.
The smaller charge is more apt to . . . erode the gun.
--Am. Cyc.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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Example Usage of Erode |
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Proots: "EMR WILL Erode patient privacy and make everyone's file available to government, insurance companies, and anyone else who wants to see it. |
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