Hypertext Webster Gateway: "eroded"
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 Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Eroded \E*rod"ed\, p. p. & a.
1. Eaten away; gnawed; irregular, as if eaten or worn away.
2. (Bot.) Having the edge worn away so as to be jagged or
irregularly toothed.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
eroded
adj : worn away as by water or ice or wind [syn: {scoured}]
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