erode

Pronunciation

• IPA ^(key): /ɪˈrəʊd/ or /ɪˈroʊd/

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Verb

Plain form erode

Third-person singular erodes

Past tense eroded

Past participle eroded

Present participle eroding

1. Wind or water erode something, when they slowly make part of it go away.

   The river is slowly eroding its bank (edge of the river). In a few years we'll have to move our house farther away.

   The wind and rain had eroded the stone over the years so that it was difficult to read the old letters carved in it.

Related words

• erosion