ERODE

verb (~d; eroding) see: rodent Date: 1612 transitive verb to diminish or destroy by degrees:, to eat into or away by slow destruction of substance (as by acid, infection, or cancer), to wear away by the action of water, wind, or glacial ice , to cause to deteriorate or disappear as if by eating or wearing away , to produce or form by eroding , intransitive verb to undergo erosion , erodibility noun erodible also erodable adjective