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(ɪroʊd)
Word forms: 3rd person singular presenttense erodes, present participle eroding, past tense, past participle eroded
1. verb
If rock or soil erodes or is eroded by the weather, sea, or wind, it cracks and breaks so that it is gradually destroyed.
By 1980, Miami beach had all but totally eroded. [VERB]
Once exposed, soil is quickly eroded by wind and rain. [be VERB-ed]
[Also VERB noun]
Synonyms: disintegrate, crumble, deteriorate, corrode More Synonyms of erode
eroded adjective
...the deeply eroded landscape.
2. verb
If someone's authority, right, or confidence erodes or is eroded, it is gradually destroyed or removed.
[formal]
His critics say his fumbling of the issue of reform has eroded his authority. [VERB noun]
Her status as the world's leading female singer eroded rapidly. [VERB]
Synonyms: weaken, destroy, undermine, diminish More Synonyms of erode
3. verb
If the value of something erodes or is eroded by something such as inflation or age, its value decreases.
Competition in the financial marketplace has eroded profits. [VERB noun]
The value of the dollar began to erode rapidly just around this time. [VERB]
More Synonyms of erode

erode in British English

(ɪˈrəʊd)
verb
1. 
to grind or wear down or away or become ground or worn down or away
2. 
to deteriorate or cause to deteriorate
jealousy eroded the relationship
3. (tr; usually passive) pathology
to remove (tissue) by ulceration
Derived forms
erodent (eˈrodent)
adjective, noun
erodible (eˈrodible) or erodable (eˈrodable)
adjective
Word origin
C17: from Latin ērōdere, from ex-1 + rōdere to gnaw

Erode in American English

(ɪˈroʊd)
city in Tamil Nadu state, S India, on the Cauvery River: pop. 159,000

erode in American English

(iˈroʊd; ɪˈroʊd)
verb transitiveWord forms: eˈroded or eˈroding
1. 
to eat into; wear away; disintegrate
acid erodes metal
2. 
to form by wearing away gradually
the running water eroded a gully
3. 
to cause to deteriorate, decay, or vanish
verb intransitive
4. 
to become eroded
Derived forms
erodible (eˈrodible)
adjective
Word origin
Fr éroder < L erodere < e-, out, off + rodere, to gnaw: see rat

Examples of 'erode' in a sentence
erode

It allows households and businesses to take risks as it erodes the real value of debts.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
This absence of yield will hurt'safe haven' savers if inflation picks up next year and begins to erode the real value or purchasing power of money.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
The danger is that excellence is gradually eroded as universities watch their funding streams run dry.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
It was also said the value of savings was being eroded.
The Sun (2010)
If we had not got a result of some sort it would have eroded our confidence.
The Sun (2008)
We can use inflation to erode the true value of debts.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
With cash deposits there is always a risk that your capital will be eroded by inflation.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
The shortened season had reduced income and the reduction of assets had further eroded income.
Susie Gilbert and Jay Shir A TALE OF FOUR HOUSES: Opera at Covent Garden, La Scala, Vienna and the Met since1945 (2003)
The second reason for disappointment came with the eroded profit margins.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
 Confidence was eroded on more than one front.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
These huge price rises can steadily erode the value of your wealth.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
People may be too conservative and find their investments eroded by inflation.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
The rising cost of essential goods and services has eroded their discretionary income.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
It needs inflation to erode the real cost of its debts.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
The distinction between health and social care makes no sense and it will need to be eroded gradually.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
The sand underneath the clay had been gradually eroded and the weather in the past few weeks was the final straw.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
 Soil is being eroded by as much as 47 tonnes a hectare.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Take advice, as these costs can add up and erode your profit margins.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Here, it is expected to erode real disposable incomes over the next two years.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
Consumers would actually have lost money, as inflation would have eroded the value of their original investment.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
The regulator said that their margins had been eroded by a rise in the wholesale cost of energy and the cost of delivering it.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
They quickly spotted two or three more prints, which had been exposed as the wind eroded the dunes.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
Is it possible that societal trends since 1970 would have seriously eroded the church were it not for the influence of church growth?
Christianity Today (2000)
Since timing is so crucial to punching power, and timing is eroded by age and wear and tear, that declaration is nonsensical.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)

In other languages
erode

British English: erode VERB
If rock or soil erodes or is eroded by the weather, sea, or wind, it cracks and breaks so that it is gradually destroyed.
The storm washed away buildings and roads and eroded beaches.
  • American English: erode
  • Brazilian Portuguese: sofrer erosão
  • Chinese: 侵蚀
  • European Spanish: erosionar
  • French: éroder
  • German: abtragen
  • Italian: erodere
  • Japanese: 浸食する
  • Korean: 침식되다
  • European Portuguese: sofrer erosão
  • Latin American Spanish: erosionar

Chinese translation of 'erode'

erode

(ɪˈrəud)

vt

  1. [soil, rock] 侵蚀(蝕) (qīnshí)
  2. (frm) [confidence, authority] 削弱 (xuēruò)

vi

  1. [soil, rock] 遭侵蚀(蝕) (zāo qīnshí)
  2. (frm) [confidence, authority] 削弱 (xuēruò)
1 (verb) 
Definition
to wear down or away
The beach had all but totally eroded.
Synonyms
disintegrate
At 420 mph the windscreen disintegrated.
crumble
Under the pressure, the flint crumbled into fragments.
The chalk cliffs are crumbling.
deteriorate
X-rays are used to prevent fresh food from deteriorating.
corrode
break up
grind down
waste away
The plants are just wasting away in this heat.
wear down or away
2 (verb) 
Definition
to wear down or away
Once exposed, soil is quickly eroded by wind and rain.
Synonyms
destroy
consume
Fire consumed the building.
spoil
It is important not to let mistakes spoil your life.
crumble
eat away
corrode
Engineers found that the structure had been corroded by moisture.
break up
grind down
abrade
The rough rock had abraded her skin.
wear down or away
3 (verb) 
Definition
to deteriorate or cause to deteriorate
His fumbling of the issue of reform has eroded his authority.
Synonyms
weaken
Her opponents believe that her authority has been fatally weakened.
destroy
undermine
This will undermine their chances of success.
diminish
Federalism is intended to diminish the power of the central state.
impair
The bright sunshine was impairing my vision.
lessen
Keep immunisations up to date to lessen the risk of serious illness.
wear away

Additional synonyms

in the sense of abrade
The rough rock had abraded her skin.
Synonyms
scrape,
grind,
skin,
file,
scratch,
erode,
graze,
erase,
scour,
wear off,
rub off,
wear down,
scuff,
wear away,
scrape away,
scrape out
in the sense of consume
Definition
to destroy
Fire consumed the building.
Synonyms
destroy,
devastate,
demolish (facetious),
ravage,
annihilate,
lay waste
in the sense of corrode
Definition
to destroy gradually
Engineers found that the structure had been corroded by moisture.
Synonyms
eat away,
waste,
consume,
corrupt,
deteriorate,
erode,
rust,
gnaw,
oxidize

Synonyms of 'erode'

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