erode Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb become ground down or deteriorate
    eat at; gnaw; gnaw at; wear away.
    • Her confidence eroded
  2. verb remove soil or rock
    eat away; fret.
    • Rain eroded the terraces

WordNet

E*rode" transitive verb
Etymology
L. erodere, erosum; e out + rodere to gnaw. See Rodent.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Eroded; present participle & verbal noun Eroding
Definitions
  1. 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.

Webster 1913