corrade

English

Etymology

From Latin corrādō (“to scrape off, abrade”).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eɪd

Verb

corrade (third-person singular simple present corrades, present participle corrading, simple past and past participle corraded)

1. (obsolete) To gnaw into; to wear away

   Synonyms: fret, consume

2. (geology) To erode through physical or mechanical (rather than chemical) means, as the bed of a stream.
3. (obsolete) To scrape or rake together; to accumulate laboriously.

Related terms

• corrasion

References

• “corrade”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
• “corrade”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• cerrado