eroded Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb become ground down or deteriorate
    eat at; gnaw; erode; gnaw at; wear away.
    • Her confidence eroded
  2. verb remove soil or rock
    eat away; erode; fret.
    • Rain eroded the terraces
  3. adjective satellite worn away as by water or ice or wind
    scoured.

WordNet


E*rod"ed past participle & adjective
Definitions
  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.

Webster 1913