Erode /(?)/

E·rode

Erode

v. t.

imp. & p. p. Eroded; p. pr. & vb. n. Eroding

  1. To eat into or away; to corrode; as, canker erodes the flesh.
    The smaller charge is more apt to . . . erode the gun.
    — Am. Cyc.
  2. To wear away; as, streams and glaciers erode the land. (Geol. & Phys. Geog.)
  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.]