Definitions for erode
ɪˈroʊderode

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. erode, gnaw, gnaw at, eat at, wear awayverb

   become ground down or deteriorate

   "Her confidence eroded"

2. erode, eat away, fretverb

   remove soil or rock

   "Rain eroded the terraces"

WiktionaryRate this definition:2.0 / 1 vote

1. erodeverb

   To wear away by abrasion, corrosion or chemical reaction

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. To ERODEverb

   To canker, or eat away; to corrode.

   Etymology: erodo, Latin.

   It hath been anciently received, that the sea-hare hath antipathy with the lungs, if it cometh near the body, and erodeth them. Francis Bacon, Natural History, №. 983.

   The blood, being too sharp or thin, erodes the vessel. Wise.

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1. Erode

   Erode ([iːɾoːɽɯ]) is a city in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Erode is the seventh largest urban agglomeration in the state, after Chennai, Coimbatore, Madurai, Tiruchirapalli, Tiruppur and Salem. It is also the administrative headquarters of the Erode district. Administered by a city municipal corporation since 2008, Erode is a part of Erode Lok Sabha constituency that elects its member of parliament. Located on the banks of River Kaveri, it is situated centrally on South Indian Peninsula, about 400 kilometres (249 mi) southwest of its state capital Chennai, 250 kilometres (155 mi) south of Bengaluru, 100 kilometres (62 mi) east of Coimbatore and 275 kilometres (171 mi) east of Kochi. Erode is an agricultural, textile and a BPO hub and among the largest producers of turmeric, hand-loom and knitwear, and food products.

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1. erode

   To erode is to gradually wear away or destroy something through natural processes, such as water, wind, or chemical action. This term can be used in the context of physical landscapes, but can also be metaphorical, as in eroding one's patience or confidence.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Erodeverb

   to eat into or away; to corrode; as, canker erodes the flesh

2. Etymology: [L. erodere, erosum; e out + rodere to gnaw. See Rodent.]

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1. Erode

   Erode is a city, a municipal corporation and the headquarters of Erode district in the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is situated at the center of the South Indian Peninsula, about 400 kilometres southwest of the state capital Chennai and about 80 kilometres east of Coimbatore on the banks of the river Kaveri. It is well known for hand loom, power loom textile products and ready made garments. It is referred to as 'loom city' or 'turmeric city'.

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1. Erode

   e-rōd′, v.t. to eat away: to wear away.—n. Erō′dent, a caustic drug.—adj. Erōse′, gnawed.—n. Erō′sion, act or state of eating or being eaten away.—adj. Erō′sive, having the property of eating away. [L. e, out, rodĕre, rosum, to gnaw.]

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of erode in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of erode in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of erode in a Sentence

1. Kim Eng Tan:

   A further slowdown in Thailand's economic growth trajectory could erode its sovereign credit metrics over the next few years even without a possible violent confrontation in the country.

2. President Barack Obama:

   When you start treating people differently not because of any harm they are doing to anybody, but because they are different, that's the path whereby freedoms begin to erode, and bad things happen.

3. Andrew McCarthy:

   After all, New York City-based is already a haven of progressive Progressive Democrats, so adding more people who will vote for Progressive Democrats will not change much, nevertheless, if the voting rights of citizens are canceled out by noncitizens, many of those citizens would relocate to places where their democratic and constitutional rights were protected. That would further erode the tax base of New York City-based at a time when a financial crisis is looming ….

4. Cooper Quintin:

   Third-party embedded websites are troubling because they can be used to track you and track your reading when you're browsing the Web, i think that this could erode ... confidentiality when dealing with medical data and medical information.

5. Ronald Newman:

   If enacted, the bills would raise a host of constitutional concerns, undermining public safety and harming immigrants and U.S. citizens alike, they would also lead to significant, unnecessary federal spending and erode US values and norms. They would provide rocket fuel for President Trump's mass deportation agenda.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=erode
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Erode
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=erode
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erode
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/erode
7. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=erode
8. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=erode
9. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=erode