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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Erode \E*rode"\, v. t. (Geol. & Phys. Geog.)
a To wear away as streams and glaciers erode the land.
b To produce by erosion, or wearing away as glaciers
erode U-shaped valleys.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Erode \E*rode"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Eroded}; p. pr & vb n.
{Eroding}.] [L. erodere erosum; e out + rodere to gnaw. See
{Rodent}.]
To eat into or away to corrode; as canker erodes the flesh.
``The blood . . . erodes the vessels.'' --Wiseman.
The smaller charge is more apt to . . . erode the gun.
--Am. Cyc.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
erode
v 1: become ground down or deteriorate; "Her confidence eroded"
[syn: {gnaw}, {gnaw at}, {eat at}, {wear away}]
2: remove soil or rock, as of wind or water; "Rain eroded the
terraces" [syn: {eat away}, {fret}]
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