— erodible, erodable, erosible /i roh"zeuh beuhl, -seuh-/ , adj. — erodibility, erodability , n.
/i rohd"/ , v. , eroded, eroding .
v.t.
1. to eat into or away; destroy by slow consumption or disintegration: Battery acid had eroded the engine. Inflation erodes the value of our money.
2. to form (a gully, butte, or the like) by erosion.
v.i.
3. to become eroded.
[ 1605-15; erodere, equiv. to e- E- + rodere to gnaw ]
Syn. 1. corrode, waste, ravage, spoil.
Ant. 1. strengthen, reinforce.