corrode
verbUK /kəˈɹəʊd/ · US /kəˈɹoʊd/
Etymology From Middle English corrōden, that borrowed from Old French corroder or directly from Latin corrōdere (“to gnaw”), from con- (“completely”) + rōdere (“to gnaw”).
1
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.
2
To consume; to wear away; to prey upon; to impair.
- My morale is being corroded day by day.
3
To have corrosive action; to be subject to corrosion.
- Derived terms
- corrodable, corrodible, corroding lead, corrodingly, noncorroding