Hypertext Webster Gateway: "corrode"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Corrode \Cor*rode"\ (k?r-r?d") v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Corroded};
p. pr. & vb. n. {Corroding}.] [L. corrodere, -rosum; cor +
rodere to gnaw: cf. F. corroder. See {Rodent}.]
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Corrode \Cor*rode"\, v. i.
To have corrosive action; to be subject to corrosion.
{Corroding lead}, lead sufficiently pure to be used in making
white lead by a process of corroding.
Syn: To canker; gnaw; rust; waste; wear away.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
corrode
v 1: cause to deteriorate due to the action of water, air, or an
acid; "The acid corroded the metal"; "The steady
dripping of water rusted the metal stopper in the sink"
[syn: {eat}, {rust}]
2: become destroyed by water, air, or an etching chemical such
as an acid; "The metal corroded"; "The pipes rusted" [syn:
{rust}]
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