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| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : ih-rohd |
| Phonetic Transcription : ɪˈroʊd |
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Définition of erodes
Origin :- 1610s, a back-formation from erosion, or else from French éroder, from Latin erodere "to gnaw away, consume" (see erosion). Related: Eroded; eroding. Originally of acids, ulcers, etc.; geological sense is from 1830.
- verb deteriorate; wear away
- The flood scours the bed of the river, erodes its banks, and threatens to find a way amongst the estates.
- Extract from : « The Argentine Republic » by Pierre Denis
- It erodes the guns much less than any European powder except, possibly, that of the Germans.
- Extract from : « New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 5, August, 1915 » by Various
- Running water dissolves and erodes away the earthy materials with which it comes in contact.
- Extract from : « In Beaver World » by Enos Abijah Mills
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