erode

erode
Synonyms and related words:
abate, ablate, abrade, abrase, absorb, abstract, assimilate, atomize, bark, bate, be consumed, be eaten away, be gone, bite, bleed white, break up, burn up, canker, cease, cease to be, cease to exist, chafe, come apart, consume, consume away, corrode, crack up, crumble, crumble into dust, curtail, decay, decline, decompose, decrease, deduct, deliquesce, dematerialize, depart, deplete, depreciate, derogate, destroy, deteriorate, detract, die, die away, die out, digest, diminish, disappear, disintegrate, disjoin, disorganize, disparage, dispel, disperse, dissipate, dissolve, dive, do a fade-out, drain, drain of resources, dribble away, drop, drop off, dwindle, eat, eat away, eat into, eat up, ebb, erase, evanesce, evaporate, exhaust, exit, expend, extract, fade, fade away, fade out, fall, fall away, fall off, fall to pieces, file, file away, finish, finish off, fission, flee, fly, fray, frazzle, fret, gall, gnaw, gnaw away, go, go away, gobble, gobble up, grate, graze, grind, grind down, hide, impair, impoverish, ingest, languish, leach, leave no trace, leave the scene, lessen, let up, melt, melt away, molder, nibble away, oxidize, pass, pass away, pass out, perish, plummet, plunge, purify, rasp, raze, reduce, refine, remove, retire from sight, retrench, rub, rub away, rub off, rub out, ruffle, run low, rust, sag, scour, scrape, scrub, scuff, shorten, shrink, sink, sink away, skin, spend, split, squander, subduct, subside, subtract, suck dry, suffer an eclipse, swallow, swallow up, tail off, take away, take from, tatter, thin, thin out, use up, vanish, vanish from sight, wane, waste, waste away, wear, wear away, wear down, wear off, wear out, wear ragged, weather, weed, withdraw

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  • Erode — ஈரோடு …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • erode — UK [ɪˈrəʊd] / US [ɪˈroʊd] or erode away UK / US verb [intransitive/transitive] Word forms erode : present tense I/you/we/they erode he/she/it erodes present participle eroding past tense eroded past participle eroded * 1) to gradually damage the… …   English dictionary

  • Erode — Administration Pays Inde Région Tamil Nadu District …   Wikipédia en Français

  • erode — e‧rode [ɪˈrəʊd ǁ ɪˈroʊd] verb [transitive] if an amount or value is eroded, it is slowly reduced: • Stock prices were eroded by profit taking and ended down. • The real value of the capital was slowly being eroded by inflation. erosion noun… …   Financial and business terms

  • Erode — E*rode , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Eroded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Eroding}.] [L. erodere, erosum; e out + rodere to gnaw. See {Rodent}.] 1. To eat into or away; to corrode; as, canker erodes the flesh. The blood . . . erodes the vessels. Wiseman. [1913… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • erode — I verb abrade, break down, consume, decay, decrease, deteriorate, diminish, disintegrate, dissolve, file, gradually eat away, grind, lessen, lose, make thin, rasp, recede, reduce, rub away, scrape, shrink, strip, waste, weaken, wear, wear away,… …   Law dictionary

  • Erode —   [e rəʊd], Stadt im Bundesstaat Tamil Nadu, Südindien, an der Cauvery, 159 200 Einwohner; Textilindustrie; Verkehrsknotenpunkt …   Universal-Lexikon

  • érodé — érodé, ée (é ro dé, dée) part. passé. Terme didactique. Une casserole érodée par le vert de gris …   Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré

  • erode — 1610s, a back formation from erosion, or else from Fr. éroder, from L. erodere to gnaw away, consume (see EROSION (Cf. erosion)). Related: Eroded; eroding. Originally of acids, ulcers, etc.; geological sense is from 1830 …   Etymology dictionary

  • erode — [v] deteriorate; wear away abrade, bite, consume, corrode, crumble, destroy, disintegrate, eat, gnaw, grind down, scour, spoil, waste, wear down; concepts 252,469 Ant. build, construct, fix, rebuild …   New thesaurus

  • erode — ► VERB 1) gradually wear or be worn away. 2) gradually destroy (an abstract quality or state). DERIVATIVES erodible adjective. ORIGIN Latin erodere, from rodere gnaw …   English terms dictionary

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