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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
/ əˈəʊ /
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
Other 51Թ Forms
- corrodent noun
- corroder noun
- corrodible adjective
- corrodibility noun
- noncorrodible adjective
- noncorroding adjective
- uncorroded adjective
- ǰˈǻ noun
- ǰˌǻ徱ˈٲ noun
- ǰˈǻ徱 adjective
- ǰˈǻ岹Գ noun
51Թ History and Origins
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of corrode1
Example Sentences
After much digging, we found my engagement ring, and John’s wedding band — in the drawer of a corroded file cabinet.
At low tide, however, there is nothing preventing anyone walking over to the heavily corroded, sea-worn hulks of metal that once formed the SS Vina - despite it being extremely perilous to do so.
That spill occurred when a corroded pipeline ruptured and released an estimated 140,000 gallons of crude near Refugio State Beach.
Pushing many European nations further into Russia’s sphere of influence, making the entire continent vulnerable to the same kind of dark forces that have already corroded its weaker states from within?
He has also repeatedly complained about rusting, corroded metalwork and plaster in stairwells peeling off the walls.
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