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corrode
[ kuh-rohd ]
verb (used with object)
- to eat or wear away gradually as if by gnawing, especially by chemical action.
- to impair; deteriorate:
Jealousy corroded his character.
verb (used without object)
- to become corroded.
corrode
/ kəˈrəʊd /
verb
- to eat away or be eaten away, esp by chemical action as in the oxidation or rusting of a metal
- tr to destroy gradually; consume
his jealousy corroded his happiness
Derived Forms
- corˈroder, noun
- corˌrodiˈbility, noun
- corˈrodible, adjective
- corˈrodant, noun
Other Words From
- cor·rodent noun
- cor·roder noun
- cor·rodi·ble adjective
- cor·rodi·bili·ty noun
- noncor·rodi·ble adjective
- noncor·roding adjective noun
- uncor·roded adjective
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of corrode1
Example Sentences
It would be tempting, at this point, to say that the Internet will corrode religious authority and usher in the Great Secular Age.
They can corrode through whatever human tissue they contact if swallowed or stuck into an orifice, sometimes in a matter of hours.
Throwing hot fat into your trash can will melt the bag, and pouring it down the sink will corrode the pipes.
Quakers are diligent; they help one another, and the fear of want does not corrode their minds.
You take it for granted that metals corrode, coastlines change, and storms interfere with communication.
Again, a cylinder oil should not have any acid in it which would have a tendency to corrode the metal.
It needed but a little of the splendour and luxury of an oriental court to corrode the old iron of the Spartan character.
If it would corrode it would be valueless for many of the uses to which it is put.
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