Definition of erode in English:

erode

verb ɪˈrəʊdəˈroʊd

[with object]

1(of wind, water, or other natural agents) gradually wear away (soil, rock, or land)
the cliffs on this coast have been eroded by the sea
Example sentencesExamples
- Over time, the wind has eroded the landscape and converted the slate rocks into small fragments.
- Avoid planting on ridges where rows can be exposed to dry soil conditions and wind which may erode the soil, exposing the seed and making the hill too small to cover new tubers.
- Experts said they believed the road's foundations had been eroded by water but that nothing would have happened if traffic conditions along that section of road had been normal.
- Also high pressure water can erode mortar joints.
- During its passage over land, water erodes vast amounts of continental rock.
- The walls here are cut by centuries of flood and fabulously eroded by wind and storm.
- This water eroded the natural limestone of the island into a series of natural caves that became gradually drowned as the ice-sheets melted and the sea level rose.
- Recent rains likely eroded the topsoil away to a level below the crown.
- Wind, sand and time have eroded the rock in the strangest of ways.
- Layered deposits have been partly eroded by the wind in some places, exposing an etched surface.
- The limestone takes millions of years to form and thousands more being eroded by water to give it the unusual worn appearance.
- A canyon, too, is the consequence of ‘natural’ processes such as the way fluids erode rock.
- The water slowly eroded the pile of blue, liquid into the silver drain.
- Since then, the solar wind has gradually eroded the Martian atmosphere so that today it is less than 1% as thick as that of the Earth.
- This is the process by which rainwater erodes limestone cliffs and creates limestone caves and sinkholes.
- However, the topography of the hills in the area indicates that before Quaternary erosion a blanket of easily eroded rocks covered most of the peninsula.
- First, wind and water erode it, especially during tropical storms and hurricanes.
- They readily understood how water erodes rock, and this made Lyell's report all the more believable.
- Steep, rough and eroded by the wind, it imposes a hard vertical dance on a climber.
- The object was just that: a stone carving, eroded by water, but with a discernible figure of a woman holding something in her arms.
Synonyms
abrade, scour, scratch, scrape, rasp, rub away, rub down, grind away, fret, waste away, wash away, crumble, crumble away, wear down
1. 1.1no object (of soil, rock, or land) be gradually worn away by natural agents.
  soft sedimentary rocks have eroded away
  Example sentencesExamples
  The west wall is preserved only in the southwest corner, while a large part of the floor along the western side has eroded away.
  Trees and forests had been cut down to provide fuel and even the most fertile soils were eroding at an alarming rate.
  As the land erodes and changes so do the cultural aspects of the island.
  But 1,000 feet of sandy beach have since eroded away, including all 210 feet that spanned the length of Sunset Cove.
  Without the work these planters do, soils would erode, hillsides would slide into streams, and entire habitats would be devastated.
  It is a plain three-part button that was produced from a low-grade brass or copper base with the addition of silver plating, much of which has eroded away.
  Clear contrasts that once separated the two lands are eroding, blurring.
  The terrain has eroded and only a few gnarled trees linger.
  No, these wetlands were not developed, they eroded away.
  High on the side of the valley is a band of hard stone, below which softer rock has eroded out leaving overhangs and rock shelters along the base of the cliff.
  Both bays are part of a massive volcano crater that has eroded away.
  Farmers say that in some places it's so thick, grass won't grow underneath it and the soil erodes.
  Haitians have chopped down so many trees that the soil is eroding, making it harder to farm.
  Now I can make out the huge blocks of stone naturally eroded into these surprisingly regular shapes.
  Minerals such as calcium and magnesium eroded away and poured into the sea, where they ‘fixed’ carbon dioxide and stopped it escaping into the air.
  The trees have all been cut down on the hills here, and the soil has eroded, leaving chalk exposed.
  Christianity's anyway tenuous situation in the holy land eroded.
  Eventually the surrounding layers of older rock eroded away, leaving this mass exposed as a monadnock.
  Soil eroded from newly developed housing sites and washed into the estuary to accumulate there without benefit of filtering by impacted wetlands.
  Mr Porter added that it was possible to see through the wall in places because so much stonework had eroded away.
2. 1.2 Gradually destroy or be gradually destroyed.
  with object this humiliation has eroded what confidence Jean has
  Example sentencesExamples
  That could erode overall confidence in the economy and undermine the spending and investment needed to get it moving.
  Every wall I had constructed to keep myself from hurting deeply, from being vulnerable, eroded away into nothingness, leaving me alone and frail.
  We shall not forget them, nor this magnificent production of a play that reminds us in our selfish age how collective responsibility and camaraderie have eroded away.
  Concerns about falling victim to phishing scams are eroding US consumer confidence in online banking and e-commerce.
  Perhaps his story is a reminder that life is fickle, and what we have today, can be slowly, or suddenly, eroded away, depending upon our choices, and the events of life.
  It also means considerable extra expense in deliveries plus extra returns and the like. Finally, it erodes confidence in each news agency and this hurts our future.
  I blinked at him as another fundamental bit of my worldview eroded away.
  And to make things worse, coffee prices have been on a nose dive since the split, eroding farmers' confidence in coffee.
  But the subculture has many serious negative effects, eroding morale and confidence in the church.
  Upon arrival everything was going right, all my worries slowly eroded away.
  It also eroded away in the South, with the spread of education among whites and blacks.
  One's standing to resist anything is thus eroded, and even destroyed.
  All of this leaves gnawing questions, questions that erode consumer confidence.
  Confidence is eroded and the health of our nation suffers.
  I used to have immense pride and respect for England but since 1946 that has almost eroded away.
  Although that culture eroded away over the generations, it did so at different rates in different places and among different people.
  Purchasing activities fell into private hands and land sales continued to erode Iroquois territories.
  Confidence is steadily being eroded that the police know what they are doing and that they are ready and willing to level with the public.
  I lay still, listening with a numb feeling as my small island of stability eroded away from beneath me.
  The scourge is not only devastating but it destroys systems and erodes all integrity in the affected society.
  Synonyms
  wear away/down, abrade, scrape away, grind down, crumble, dissolve, weather
  eat (away at), gnaw (away at), chip away at, corrode, consume, devour
  waste away, rot, decay
  undermine, weaken, sap, disintegrate, deteriorate, destroy, spoil
3. 1.3Medicine (of a disease) gradually destroy (bodily tissue)
  many had their upper incisors missing and their maxillae eroded
  vascular injury due to eroding ulcers
  Example sentencesExamples
  George's face is badly disfigured and he has no fingers or toes; his voice is high-pitched because a part of his throat has been eroded by the disease.
  Known as ‘Rodent Ulcers’ because they gnaw away at healthy tissues, they can invade and erode cartilage and even bone.
  In severe cases, this can actually erode esophageal tissue (erosive esophagitis).
  This measurement method is especially important when assessing PrUs because these wounds are more likely to erode subcutaneous tissue than skin.
  The lining epithelium was often eroded, and the underlying stroma showed dense infiltration by inflammatory cells.

Derivatives

erodible

adjective

On well drained or highly erodible soils, residue left over the row will absorb raindrop impact, reducing erosion and crusting in the row and serving as a mulch to reduce drying of the seed zone.
Example sentencesExamples
- Much of Sellers’ ground is highly erodible, yet switchgrass flourishes.
- To make matters worse, farmers plow highly erodible land - land too dry or too steeply sloping to sustain cultivation - to satisfy, the swelling demand.
- The initiative would allow landowners to make better economic use of their land, particularly of isolated and erodible land not suitable for agriculture or commercial clear-fell forestry.
- Piping is favoured by high infiltration rates, pre-existing cracks and voids, an impermeable sub-layer, steep gradients, and erodible materials.

Origin

Early 17th century: from French éroder or Latin erodere, from e- (variant of ex-) 'out, away' + rodere 'gnaw'.

rodent from mid 19th century:
The teeth of rodents such as rats and mice grow continuously and must be kept worn down by gnawing, a fact that gives a clue about the origin of the term rodent. The word comes from Latin rodere ‘to gnaw’, which is related to erode (early 17th century), corrode, root, and rostrum. The original sense of the word is preserved in that unpleasant affliction the rodent ulcer.

Rhymes

abode, bestrode, bode, code, commode, corrode, download, encode, explode, forebode, goad, implode, load, lode, middle-of-the-road, mode, node, ode, offload, outrode, road, rode, sarod, Spode, strode, toad, upload, woad

Definition of erode in US English:

erode

verbəˈrōdəˈroʊd

[with object]

1(of wind, water, or other natural agents) gradually wear away (soil, rock, or land)
the cliffs have been eroded by the sea
Example sentencesExamples
- A canyon, too, is the consequence of ‘natural’ processes such as the way fluids erode rock.
- Since then, the solar wind has gradually eroded the Martian atmosphere so that today it is less than 1% as thick as that of the Earth.
- Experts said they believed the road's foundations had been eroded by water but that nothing would have happened if traffic conditions along that section of road had been normal.
- However, the topography of the hills in the area indicates that before Quaternary erosion a blanket of easily eroded rocks covered most of the peninsula.
- The limestone takes millions of years to form and thousands more being eroded by water to give it the unusual worn appearance.
- Layered deposits have been partly eroded by the wind in some places, exposing an etched surface.
- This water eroded the natural limestone of the island into a series of natural caves that became gradually drowned as the ice-sheets melted and the sea level rose.
- Over time, the wind has eroded the landscape and converted the slate rocks into small fragments.
- Avoid planting on ridges where rows can be exposed to dry soil conditions and wind which may erode the soil, exposing the seed and making the hill too small to cover new tubers.
- During its passage over land, water erodes vast amounts of continental rock.
- The water slowly eroded the pile of blue, liquid into the silver drain.
- Steep, rough and eroded by the wind, it imposes a hard vertical dance on a climber.
- The walls here are cut by centuries of flood and fabulously eroded by wind and storm.
- Wind, sand and time have eroded the rock in the strangest of ways.
- Also high pressure water can erode mortar joints.
- They readily understood how water erodes rock, and this made Lyell's report all the more believable.
- Recent rains likely eroded the topsoil away to a level below the crown.
- First, wind and water erode it, especially during tropical storms and hurricanes.
- This is the process by which rainwater erodes limestone cliffs and creates limestone caves and sinkholes.
- The object was just that: a stone carving, eroded by water, but with a discernible figure of a woman holding something in her arms.
Synonyms
abrade, scour, scratch, scrape, rasp, rub away, rub down, grind away, fret, waste away, wash away, crumble, crumble away, wear down
1. 1.1no object (of soil, rock, or land) be gradually worn away by natural agents.
  Example sentencesExamples
  As the land erodes and changes so do the cultural aspects of the island.
  Farmers say that in some places it's so thick, grass won't grow underneath it and the soil erodes.
  Eventually the surrounding layers of older rock eroded away, leaving this mass exposed as a monadnock.
  Haitians have chopped down so many trees that the soil is eroding, making it harder to farm.
  Trees and forests had been cut down to provide fuel and even the most fertile soils were eroding at an alarming rate.
  Minerals such as calcium and magnesium eroded away and poured into the sea, where they ‘fixed’ carbon dioxide and stopped it escaping into the air.
  The west wall is preserved only in the southwest corner, while a large part of the floor along the western side has eroded away.
  High on the side of the valley is a band of hard stone, below which softer rock has eroded out leaving overhangs and rock shelters along the base of the cliff.
  It is a plain three-part button that was produced from a low-grade brass or copper base with the addition of silver plating, much of which has eroded away.
  Clear contrasts that once separated the two lands are eroding, blurring.
  The trees have all been cut down on the hills here, and the soil has eroded, leaving chalk exposed.
  But 1,000 feet of sandy beach have since eroded away, including all 210 feet that spanned the length of Sunset Cove.
  The terrain has eroded and only a few gnarled trees linger.
  Christianity's anyway tenuous situation in the holy land eroded.
  Mr Porter added that it was possible to see through the wall in places because so much stonework had eroded away.
  Soil eroded from newly developed housing sites and washed into the estuary to accumulate there without benefit of filtering by impacted wetlands.
  Both bays are part of a massive volcano crater that has eroded away.
  Now I can make out the huge blocks of stone naturally eroded into these surprisingly regular shapes.
  No, these wetlands were not developed, they eroded away.
  Without the work these planters do, soils would erode, hillsides would slide into streams, and entire habitats would be devastated.
2. 1.2 Gradually destroy or be gradually destroyed.
  with object this humiliation has eroded what confidence Jean has
  no object profit margins are eroding
  Example sentencesExamples
  We shall not forget them, nor this magnificent production of a play that reminds us in our selfish age how collective responsibility and camaraderie have eroded away.
  I lay still, listening with a numb feeling as my small island of stability eroded away from beneath me.
  Confidence is steadily being eroded that the police know what they are doing and that they are ready and willing to level with the public.
  One's standing to resist anything is thus eroded, and even destroyed.
  Every wall I had constructed to keep myself from hurting deeply, from being vulnerable, eroded away into nothingness, leaving me alone and frail.
  Confidence is eroded and the health of our nation suffers.
  That could erode overall confidence in the economy and undermine the spending and investment needed to get it moving.
  I blinked at him as another fundamental bit of my worldview eroded away.
  I used to have immense pride and respect for England but since 1946 that has almost eroded away.
  And to make things worse, coffee prices have been on a nose dive since the split, eroding farmers' confidence in coffee.
  Perhaps his story is a reminder that life is fickle, and what we have today, can be slowly, or suddenly, eroded away, depending upon our choices, and the events of life.
  But the subculture has many serious negative effects, eroding morale and confidence in the church.
  Although that culture eroded away over the generations, it did so at different rates in different places and among different people.
  The scourge is not only devastating but it destroys systems and erodes all integrity in the affected society.
  All of this leaves gnawing questions, questions that erode consumer confidence.
  Purchasing activities fell into private hands and land sales continued to erode Iroquois territories.
  It also eroded away in the South, with the spread of education among whites and blacks.
  Concerns about falling victim to phishing scams are eroding US consumer confidence in online banking and e-commerce.
  Upon arrival everything was going right, all my worries slowly eroded away.
  It also means considerable extra expense in deliveries plus extra returns and the like. Finally, it erodes confidence in each news agency and this hurts our future.
  Synonyms
  wear away, wear down, abrade, scrape away, grind down, crumble, dissolve, weather
3. 1.3Medicine (of a disease) gradually destroy (bodily tissue).
  Example sentencesExamples
  The lining epithelium was often eroded, and the underlying stroma showed dense infiltration by inflammatory cells.
  George's face is badly disfigured and he has no fingers or toes; his voice is high-pitched because a part of his throat has been eroded by the disease.
  In severe cases, this can actually erode esophageal tissue (erosive esophagitis).
  This measurement method is especially important when assessing PrUs because these wounds are more likely to erode subcutaneous tissue than skin.
  Known as ‘Rodent Ulcers’ because they gnaw away at healthy tissues, they can invade and erode cartilage and even bone.

Origin

Early 17th century: from French éroder or Latin erodere, from e- (variant of ex-) ‘out, away’ + rodere ‘gnaw’.

单词	erode
释义	Definition of erode in English: erode verb ɪˈrəʊdəˈroʊd [with object] 1(of wind, water, or other natural agents) gradually wear away (soil, rock, or land) the cliffs on this coast have been eroded by the sea Example sentencesExamples Over time, the wind has eroded the landscape and converted the slate rocks into small fragments. Avoid planting on ridges where rows can be exposed to dry soil conditions and wind which may erode the soil, exposing the seed and making the hill too small to cover new tubers. Experts said they believed the road's foundations had been eroded by water but that nothing would have happened if traffic conditions along that section of road had been normal. Also high pressure water can erode mortar joints. During its passage over land, water erodes vast amounts of continental rock. The walls here are cut by centuries of flood and fabulously eroded by wind and storm. This water eroded the natural limestone of the island into a series of natural caves that became gradually drowned as the ice-sheets melted and the sea level rose. Recent rains likely eroded the topsoil away to a level below the crown. Wind, sand and time have eroded the rock in the strangest of ways. Layered deposits have been partly eroded by the wind in some places, exposing an etched surface. The limestone takes millions of years to form and thousands more being eroded by water to give it the unusual worn appearance. A canyon, too, is the consequence of ‘natural’ processes such as the way fluids erode rock. The water slowly eroded the pile of blue, liquid into the silver drain. Since then, the solar wind has gradually eroded the Martian atmosphere so that today it is less than 1% as thick as that of the Earth. This is the process by which rainwater erodes limestone cliffs and creates limestone caves and sinkholes. However, the topography of the hills in the area indicates that before Quaternary erosion a blanket of easily eroded rocks covered most of the peninsula. First, wind and water erode it, especially during tropical storms and hurricanes. They readily understood how water erodes rock, and this made Lyell's report all the more believable. Steep, rough and eroded by the wind, it imposes a hard vertical dance on a climber. The object was just that: a stone carving, eroded by water, but with a discernible figure of a woman holding something in her arms. Synonyms abrade, scour, scratch, scrape, rasp, rub away, rub down, grind away, fret, waste away, wash away, crumble, crumble away, wear down 1.1no object (of soil, rock, or land) be gradually worn away by natural agents. soft sedimentary rocks have eroded away Example sentencesExamples The west wall is preserved only in the southwest corner, while a large part of the floor along the western side has eroded away. Trees and forests had been cut down to provide fuel and even the most fertile soils were eroding at an alarming rate. As the land erodes and changes so do the cultural aspects of the island. But 1,000 feet of sandy beach have since eroded away, including all 210 feet that spanned the length of Sunset Cove. Without the work these planters do, soils would erode, hillsides would slide into streams, and entire habitats would be devastated. It is a plain three-part button that was produced from a low-grade brass or copper base with the addition of silver plating, much of which has eroded away. Clear contrasts that once separated the two lands are eroding, blurring. The terrain has eroded and only a few gnarled trees linger. No, these wetlands were not developed, they eroded away. High on the side of the valley is a band of hard stone, below which softer rock has eroded out leaving overhangs and rock shelters along the base of the cliff. Both bays are part of a massive volcano crater that has eroded away. Farmers say that in some places it's so thick, grass won't grow underneath it and the soil erodes. Haitians have chopped down so many trees that the soil is eroding, making it harder to farm. Now I can make out the huge blocks of stone naturally eroded into these surprisingly regular shapes. Minerals such as calcium and magnesium eroded away and poured into the sea, where they ‘fixed’ carbon dioxide and stopped it escaping into the air. The trees have all been cut down on the hills here, and the soil has eroded, leaving chalk exposed. Christianity's anyway tenuous situation in the holy land eroded. Eventually the surrounding layers of older rock eroded away, leaving this mass exposed as a monadnock. Soil eroded from newly developed housing sites and washed into the estuary to accumulate there without benefit of filtering by impacted wetlands. Mr Porter added that it was possible to see through the wall in places because so much stonework had eroded away. 1.2 Gradually destroy or be gradually destroyed. with object this humiliation has eroded what confidence Jean has Example sentencesExamples That could erode overall confidence in the economy and undermine the spending and investment needed to get it moving. Every wall I had constructed to keep myself from hurting deeply, from being vulnerable, eroded away into nothingness, leaving me alone and frail. We shall not forget them, nor this magnificent production of a play that reminds us in our selfish age how collective responsibility and camaraderie have eroded away. Concerns about falling victim to phishing scams are eroding US consumer confidence in online banking and e-commerce. Perhaps his story is a reminder that life is fickle, and what we have today, can be slowly, or suddenly, eroded away, depending upon our choices, and the events of life. It also means considerable extra expense in deliveries plus extra returns and the like. Finally, it erodes confidence in each news agency and this hurts our future. I blinked at him as another fundamental bit of my worldview eroded away. And to make things worse, coffee prices have been on a nose dive since the split, eroding farmers' confidence in coffee. But the subculture has many serious negative effects, eroding morale and confidence in the church. Upon arrival everything was going right, all my worries slowly eroded away. It also eroded away in the South, with the spread of education among whites and blacks. One's standing to resist anything is thus eroded, and even destroyed. All of this leaves gnawing questions, questions that erode consumer confidence. Confidence is eroded and the health of our nation suffers. I used to have immense pride and respect for England but since 1946 that has almost eroded away. Although that culture eroded away over the generations, it did so at different rates in different places and among different people. Purchasing activities fell into private hands and land sales continued to erode Iroquois territories. Confidence is steadily being eroded that the police know what they are doing and that they are ready and willing to level with the public. I lay still, listening with a numb feeling as my small island of stability eroded away from beneath me. The scourge is not only devastating but it destroys systems and erodes all integrity in the affected society. Synonyms wear away/down, abrade, scrape away, grind down, crumble, dissolve, weather eat (away at), gnaw (away at), chip away at, corrode, consume, devour waste away, rot, decay undermine, weaken, sap, disintegrate, deteriorate, destroy, spoil 1.3Medicine (of a disease) gradually destroy (bodily tissue) many had their upper incisors missing and their maxillae eroded vascular injury due to eroding ulcers Example sentencesExamples George's face is badly disfigured and he has no fingers or toes; his voice is high-pitched because a part of his throat has been eroded by the disease. Known as ‘Rodent Ulcers’ because they gnaw away at healthy tissues, they can invade and erode cartilage and even bone. In severe cases, this can actually erode esophageal tissue (erosive esophagitis). This measurement method is especially important when assessing PrUs because these wounds are more likely to erode subcutaneous tissue than skin. The lining epithelium was often eroded, and the underlying stroma showed dense infiltration by inflammatory cells. Derivatives erodible adjective On well drained or highly erodible soils, residue left over the row will absorb raindrop impact, reducing erosion and crusting in the row and serving as a mulch to reduce drying of the seed zone. Example sentencesExamples Much of Sellers’ ground is highly erodible, yet switchgrass flourishes. To make matters worse, farmers plow highly erodible land - land too dry or too steeply sloping to sustain cultivation - to satisfy, the swelling demand. The initiative would allow landowners to make better economic use of their land, particularly of isolated and erodible land not suitable for agriculture or commercial clear-fell forestry. Piping is favoured by high infiltration rates, pre-existing cracks and voids, an impermeable sub-layer, steep gradients, and erodible materials. Origin Early 17th century: from French éroder or Latin erodere, from e- (variant of ex-) 'out, away' + rodere 'gnaw'. rodent from mid 19th century: The teeth of rodents such as rats and mice grow continuously and must be kept worn down by gnawing, a fact that gives a clue about the origin of the term rodent. The word comes from Latin rodere ‘to gnaw’, which is related to erode (early 17th century), corrode, root, and rostrum. The original sense of the word is preserved in that unpleasant affliction the rodent ulcer. Rhymes abode, bestrode, bode, code, commode, corrode, download, encode, explode, forebode, goad, implode, load, lode, middle-of-the-road, mode, node, ode, offload, outrode, road, rode, sarod, Spode, strode, toad, upload, woad Definition of erode in US English: erode verbəˈrōdəˈroʊd [with object] 1(of wind, water, or other natural agents) gradually wear away (soil, rock, or land) the cliffs have been eroded by the sea Example sentencesExamples A canyon, too, is the consequence of ‘natural’ processes such as the way fluids erode rock. Since then, the solar wind has gradually eroded the Martian atmosphere so that today it is less than 1% as thick as that of the Earth. Experts said they believed the road's foundations had been eroded by water but that nothing would have happened if traffic conditions along that section of road had been normal. However, the topography of the hills in the area indicates that before Quaternary erosion a blanket of easily eroded rocks covered most of the peninsula. The limestone takes millions of years to form and thousands more being eroded by water to give it the unusual worn appearance. Layered deposits have been partly eroded by the wind in some places, exposing an etched surface. This water eroded the natural limestone of the island into a series of natural caves that became gradually drowned as the ice-sheets melted and the sea level rose. Over time, the wind has eroded the landscape and converted the slate rocks into small fragments. Avoid planting on ridges where rows can be exposed to dry soil conditions and wind which may erode the soil, exposing the seed and making the hill too small to cover new tubers. During its passage over land, water erodes vast amounts of continental rock. The water slowly eroded the pile of blue, liquid into the silver drain. Steep, rough and eroded by the wind, it imposes a hard vertical dance on a climber. The walls here are cut by centuries of flood and fabulously eroded by wind and storm. Wind, sand and time have eroded the rock in the strangest of ways. Also high pressure water can erode mortar joints. They readily understood how water erodes rock, and this made Lyell's report all the more believable. Recent rains likely eroded the topsoil away to a level below the crown. First, wind and water erode it, especially during tropical storms and hurricanes. This is the process by which rainwater erodes limestone cliffs and creates limestone caves and sinkholes. The object was just that: a stone carving, eroded by water, but with a discernible figure of a woman holding something in her arms. Synonyms abrade, scour, scratch, scrape, rasp, rub away, rub down, grind away, fret, waste away, wash away, crumble, crumble away, wear down 1.1no object (of soil, rock, or land) be gradually worn away by natural agents. Example sentencesExamples As the land erodes and changes so do the cultural aspects of the island. Farmers say that in some places it's so thick, grass won't grow underneath it and the soil erodes. Eventually the surrounding layers of older rock eroded away, leaving this mass exposed as a monadnock. Haitians have chopped down so many trees that the soil is eroding, making it harder to farm. Trees and forests had been cut down to provide fuel and even the most fertile soils were eroding at an alarming rate. Minerals such as calcium and magnesium eroded away and poured into the sea, where they ‘fixed’ carbon dioxide and stopped it escaping into the air. The west wall is preserved only in the southwest corner, while a large part of the floor along the western side has eroded away. High on the side of the valley is a band of hard stone, below which softer rock has eroded out leaving overhangs and rock shelters along the base of the cliff. It is a plain three-part button that was produced from a low-grade brass or copper base with the addition of silver plating, much of which has eroded away. Clear contrasts that once separated the two lands are eroding, blurring. The trees have all been cut down on the hills here, and the soil has eroded, leaving chalk exposed. But 1,000 feet of sandy beach have since eroded away, including all 210 feet that spanned the length of Sunset Cove. The terrain has eroded and only a few gnarled trees linger. Christianity's anyway tenuous situation in the holy land eroded. Mr Porter added that it was possible to see through the wall in places because so much stonework had eroded away. Soil eroded from newly developed housing sites and washed into the estuary to accumulate there without benefit of filtering by impacted wetlands. Both bays are part of a massive volcano crater that has eroded away. Now I can make out the huge blocks of stone naturally eroded into these surprisingly regular shapes. No, these wetlands were not developed, they eroded away. Without the work these planters do, soils would erode, hillsides would slide into streams, and entire habitats would be devastated. 1.2 Gradually destroy or be gradually destroyed. with object this humiliation has eroded what confidence Jean has no object profit margins are eroding Example sentencesExamples We shall not forget them, nor this magnificent production of a play that reminds us in our selfish age how collective responsibility and camaraderie have eroded away. I lay still, listening with a numb feeling as my small island of stability eroded away from beneath me. Confidence is steadily being eroded that the police know what they are doing and that they are ready and willing to level with the public. One's standing to resist anything is thus eroded, and even destroyed. Every wall I had constructed to keep myself from hurting deeply, from being vulnerable, eroded away into nothingness, leaving me alone and frail. Confidence is eroded and the health of our nation suffers. That could erode overall confidence in the economy and undermine the spending and investment needed to get it moving. I blinked at him as another fundamental bit of my worldview eroded away. I used to have immense pride and respect for England but since 1946 that has almost eroded away. And to make things worse, coffee prices have been on a nose dive since the split, eroding farmers' confidence in coffee. Perhaps his story is a reminder that life is fickle, and what we have today, can be slowly, or suddenly, eroded away, depending upon our choices, and the events of life. But the subculture has many serious negative effects, eroding morale and confidence in the church. Although that culture eroded away over the generations, it did so at different rates in different places and among different people. The scourge is not only devastating but it destroys systems and erodes all integrity in the affected society. All of this leaves gnawing questions, questions that erode consumer confidence. Purchasing activities fell into private hands and land sales continued to erode Iroquois territories. It also eroded away in the South, with the spread of education among whites and blacks. Concerns about falling victim to phishing scams are eroding US consumer confidence in online banking and e-commerce. Upon arrival everything was going right, all my worries slowly eroded away. It also means considerable extra expense in deliveries plus extra returns and the like. Finally, it erodes confidence in each news agency and this hurts our future. Synonyms wear away, wear down, abrade, scrape away, grind down, crumble, dissolve, weather 1.3Medicine (of a disease) gradually destroy (bodily tissue). Example sentencesExamples The lining epithelium was often eroded, and the underlying stroma showed dense infiltration by inflammatory cells. George's face is badly disfigured and he has no fingers or toes; his voice is high-pitched because a part of his throat has been eroded by the disease. In severe cases, this can actually erode esophageal tissue (erosive esophagitis). This measurement method is especially important when assessing PrUs because these wounds are more likely to erode subcutaneous tissue than skin. Known as ‘Rodent Ulcers’ because they gnaw away at healthy tissues, they can invade and erode cartilage and even bone. Origin Early 17th century: from French éroder or Latin erodere, from e- (variant of ex-) ‘out, away’ + rodere ‘gnaw’.
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