transcription, транскрипция: [ kəroʊd ]
( corrodes, corroding, corroded)
1.
If metal or stone corrodes , or is corroded , it is gradually destroyed by a chemical or by rust.
He has devised a process for making gold wires which neither corrode nor oxidise...
Engineers found the structure had been corroded by moisture...
Acid rain destroys trees and corrodes buildings.
VERB : V , be V-ed , V n
• cor‧rod‧ed
The investigators found that the underground pipes were badly corroded.
ADJ
2.
To corrode 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