CORRODE


Meaning of CORRODE in English

(~s, corroding, ~d)

1.

If metal or stone ~s, or is ~d, it is gradually destroyed by a chemical or by rust.

He has devised a process for making gold wires which neither ~ nor oxidise...

Engineers found the structure had been ~d by moisture...

Acid rain destroys trees and ~s buildings.

VERB: V, be V-ed, V n

~d

The investigators found that the underground pipes were badly ~d.

ADJ

2.

To ~ something means to gradually make it worse or weaker. (LITERARY)

Suffering was easier to bear than the bitterness he felt corroding his spirit...

VERB: V n

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