CORRODE


Meaning of CORRODE in English

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

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