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2 definitions found 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]: eroding n : the mechanical process of wearing or grinding something down (as by particles washing over it) [syn: {erosion}, {eating away}, {wearing}, {wearing away}]
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