Hypertext Webster Gateway: "erode"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
erode
v 1: become ground down or deteriorate; "Her confidence eroded"
[syn: {gnaw}, {gnaw at}, {eat at}, {wear away}]
2: remove soil or rock, as of wind or water; "Rain eroded the
terraces" [syn: {eat away}, {fret}]
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