reerode

verb

reerode

verb

Etymology From re- + erode.

1

To erode again.

  • Gradually they reerode and need to be replaced from time to time.1973, United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Armed Services, Research and development, page 2887:
  • The leached loess may subsequently reerode by water.1974, A. P. Schick, Geomorphic processes in arid environments, page 99:
2 more examples
  • If bioturbation is not present, the newly deposited material stays at the bed surface. The winter storms will then be able to reerode it and to transport it to the Norwegian trench.2012, Wilfried Michaelis, Estuarine Water Quality Management: Monitoring, Modelling and Research, →ISBN:
  • Consequently, constructing fabricated beaches or replenishing eroded beaches that ocean currents swiftly reerode are profligate colossal wastefulness of public resources and time.2017, JaVee, What Does GOD Do All Day?, →ISBN:

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