erode
pronunciation
How to pronounce erode in British English:
UK [ɪˈrəʊd]
How to pronounce erode in American English:
US [ɪˈroʊd]
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- Verb:
- become ground down or deteriorate
- remove soil or rock
Word Origin
- erode
- erode: see rostrum
- erode (v.)
- 1610s, "gnaw or eat away" (transitive), a back-formation from erosion, or else from French éroder, from Latin erodere "to gnaw away, consume," from assimilated form of ex- "away" (see ex-) + rodere "gnaw" (see rodent). Intransitive sense "become worn away" is by 1905. Related: Eroded; eroding. Originally of acids, ulcers, etc.; geological sense is from 1830.
Example
- 1. A stringent regulatory environment ought to erode profits .
- 2. The concretions eventually erode out and roll down toward a low-lying spot .
- 3. Instead , some fear the mainland is seeking to erode its freedoms .
- 4. More decisions like that could begin to seriously erode the value of apple 's platform .
- 5. A stronger yuan could therefore erode the cost advantage they have enjoyed against global competitors .