transcription, транскрипция: [ i-ˈrōd ]
verb
( erod·ed ; erod·ing )
Etymology: Latin erodere to eat away, from e- + rodere to gnaw — more at rodent
Date: 1612
transitive verb
1. : to diminish or destroy by degrees:
a. : to eat into or away by slow destruction of substance (as by acid, infection, or cancer)
b. : to wear away by the action of water, wind, or glacial ice
flooding eroded the hillside
c. : to cause to deteriorate or disappear as if by eating or wearing away
inflation eroding buying power
2. : to produce or form by eroding
glaciers erode U-shaped valleys
intransitive verb
: to undergo erosion
where the land has eroded away
• erod·ibil·i·ty -ˌrō-də-ˈbi-lə-tē noun
• erod·ible also erod·able -ˈrō-də-bəl adjective