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corrode en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • [kɚˈ(ɹ)oʊ̯d] (US)
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /kəˈɹəʊd/ (UK)
  • [kəˈɹoʊ̯d] (US)
  • /kəˈɹoʊd/ (US)

Etymology

From Middle English corrōden, that borrowed from Old French corroder or directly from Latin corrōdere (“to gnaw”), from con- (“completely”) + rōdere (“to gnaw”).

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To eat away bit by bit; to wear away or diminish by gradually separating or destroying small particles of, as by action of a strong acid or a caustic alkali.
  2. (transitive) To consume; to wear away; to prey upon; to impair.
    • My morale is being corroded day by day.
  3. (intransitive) To have corrosive action; to be subject to corrosion.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
corroding Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
corroded Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
corroded Tense=Past lexicographic
corrodes Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic

Deriveds

corroding lead · corrodable · corrodingly · noncorroding · corrodible

Synonyms

wear (to eat away by degrees) · waste (to eat away by degrees) · gnaw (to eat away by degrees) · canker (to eat away by degrees) · rust (to eat away by degrees)

Translations (52)

fr rouiller (to eat away) · nl corroderen (to consume) · nl corroderen (to eat away) · pt corroer (to have corrosive action) · fi kulua (to eat away) · bg кородирам (to have corrosive action) · ar أصدأ (to eat away) · ru корроди́ровать (to have corrosive action) · ar صدئ (to have corrosive action) · fi syövyttää (to eat away) · nl uithollen (to eat away) · de korrodieren (to have corrosive action) · de rosten (to have corrosive action) · he שיתך (to eat away) · bg разяждам (to eat away) · he איכל (to eat away) · tr aşındırmak (to eat away) · nl uitbijten (to eat away) · pt corroer (to eat away) · fi ruostua (to have corrosive action) · nl aanvreten (to eat away) · el διαβρώνω (to eat away) · ru заржаве́ть (to have corrosive action) · ar أكل (to eat away) · nl corroderen (to have corrosive action) · nl roesten (to eat away) · cmn 腐蝕 /腐蚀 (to eat away) · ru разъе́сть (to eat away) · it corrodere (to eat away) · fi syödä (to eat away) · fi ruostuttaa (to eat away) · cmn 侵蝕 /侵蚀 (to have corrosive action) · de zerfressen (to eat away) · fi syöpyä (to have corrosive action) · nl inbijten (to eat away) · is æta (to eat away) · ca corroir (to consume) · vi ăn mòn (to eat away) · gl corroer (to eat away) · fi kuluttaa (to eat away) · ca corroir (to eat away) · es corroer (to have corrosive action) · ca corroir (to have corrosive action) · mi pūnguru (to eat away) · eo korodi (to eat away) · ru разъеда́ть (to eat away) · fr corroder (to have corrosive action) · ar تآكل (to have corrosive action) · ru ржаве́ть (to have corrosive action) · ast corroyer (to eat away) · fr éroder (to eat away) · es corroer (to eat away)