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Webster 1913 Edition
Corrode
Cor-rode′
(k?r-r?d′)
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Corroded
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Corroding
.] 1.
To eat away by degrees; to wear away or diminish by gradually separating or destroying small particles of, as by action of a strong acid or a caustic alkali.
Aqua fortis
corroding
copper . . . is wont to reduce it to a green-blue solution. Boyle.
2.
To consume; to wear away; to prey upon; to impair.
Cor-rode′
,Verb.
I.
To have corrosive action; to be subject to corrosion.
Syn. – To canker; gnaw; rust; waste; wear away.
Webster 1828 Edition
Corrode
CORRODE
,Verb.
T.
1.
To eat away by degrees; to wear away, or diminish, by gradually separating small particles from a body, in the manner an animal gnaws a substance. Thus, nitric acid corrodes copper.2.
To wear away by degrees; to prey upon; to impair; to consume, or diminish by slow degrees. Jealousy and envy corrode the constitution. Substances are corroded by time. The anxious man is a victim to corroding care.Definition 2024
corrode
corrode
See also: corrodé
English
Verb
corrode (third-person singular simple present corrodes, present participle corroding, simple past and past participle corroded)
- (transitive) To eat away by degrees; to wear away or diminish by gradually separating or destroying small particles of, as by action of a strong acid or a caustic alkali.
- (transitive) To consume; to wear away; to prey upon; to impair.
- (intransitive) To have corrosive action; to be subject to corrosion.
Synonyms
Translations
to eat away
to consume
|
to have corrosive action
French
Verb
corrode
- first-person singular present indicative of corroder
- third-person singular present indicative of corroder
- first-person singular present subjunctive of corroder
- first-person singular present subjunctive of corroder
- second-person singular imperative of corroder