corrode
See also: corrodé
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Etymology edit
From Middle English corrōden, that borrowed from Old French corroder or directly from Latin corrōdere (“to gnaw”), from con- (“completely”) + rōdere (“to gnaw”).
Pronunciation edit
- (UK) IPA(key): /kəˈɹəʊd/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - (US) IPA(key): /kəˈɹoʊd/, [kəˈɹoʊ̯d], [kɚˈ(ɹ)oʊ̯d]
- Rhymes: -əʊd
Verb edit
corrode (third-person singular simple present corrodes, present participle corroding, simple past and past participle corroded)
- (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.
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to eat away
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to consume
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to have corrosive action
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corrode
- inflection of corroder:
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corrode
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Latin edit
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corrōde