Erode

глагол 1) а) разъедать (о язвах), разрушать б) ослаблять, постепенно уменьшать, портить Синоним(ы): wear 2) [геология] а) эродировать; разрушать; выветривать; размывать б) подвергаться эрозии

Большой англо-русский словарь

Erode

1) эродировать, размывать 2) коррелировать; разъедать

Англо-русский политехнический словарь

Erode

verb (eroded; eroding) Etymology: Latin erodere to eat away, from e- + rodere to gnaw — more at rodent transitive verb 1. to diminish or destroy by degrees: a. to eat into or away by slow destruction of substance (as by acid, infection, or cancer) b. to wear away by the action of water, wind, or glacial ice Example: flooding eroded the hillside c. to cause to deteriorate or disappear as if by eating or wearing away Example: inflation eroding buying power 2. to produce or form by eroding Example: glaciers erode U-shaped valleys intransitive verb to undergo erosion Example: where the land has eroded awayerodibility nounerodible also erodable adjective

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