corrode
See also: corrodé
English
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French corroder, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin corrodere (“to gnaw”).
Pronunciation
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- Rhymes: -əʊd
Verb
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- (transitive) To eat away bit by bit; to wear away or diminish by gradually separating or destroying small particles of, as by action of a strong acid or a caustic alkali.
- (transitive) To consume; to wear away; to prey upon; to impair.
- My morale is being corroded day by day.
- (intransitive) To have corrosive action; to be subject to corrosion.
Synonyms
Translations
to eat away
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to consume
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to have corrosive action
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French
Verb
corrode
- first-person singular present indicative of corroder
- third-person singular present indicative of corroder
- first-person singular present subjunctive of corroder
- third-person singular present subjunctive of corroder
- second-person singular imperative of corroder
Italian
Verb
corrode
Anagrams
Latin
Verb
(deprecated template usage) corrōde
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