CORRADE


Meaning of CORRADE in English

/keuh rayd", kaw-/ , v. , corraded, corrading .

v.i.

1. (of a moving agent, as running water, wind, or a glacier) to erode by the abrasion of materials carried along.

2. to disintegrate as a result of corrasion, as the rock underlying the brink of a waterfall.

v.t.

3. to wear down by corrasion; abrade.

[ 1610-20; corradere to scrape together, equiv. to cor- COR- + radere to scrape. See ERASE, RAZE ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .