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eroding
(encz) | eroding,erodování n: Zdeněk Brož |
Eroding
(gcide) | Erode \E*rode"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Eroded; p. pr. & vb. n.
Eroding.] [L. erodere, erosum; e out + rodere to gnaw. See
Rodent.]
1. To eat into or away; to corrode; as, canker erodes the
flesh. "The blood . . . erodes the vessels." --Wiseman.
[1913 Webster]
The smaller charge is more apt to . . . erode the
gun. --Am. Cyc.
[1913 Webster]
2. (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.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
3. to reduce or lessen as if by eroding; as, a politician's
base of support is eroded by evidence of corruption; the
buying power of the dollar is eroded by inflation. [fig.]
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eroding
(wn) | eroding
n 1: (geology) the mechanical process of wearing or grinding
something down (as by particles washing over it) [syn:
erosion, eroding, eating away, wearing, {wearing
away}] |
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