Hypertext Webster Gateway: "eroding"
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)
eroding
n : the mechanical process of wearing or grinding something down
(as by particles washing over it) [syn: {erosion}, {eating
away}, {wearing}, {wearing away}]
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