name
Meaning 1
A district of Tamil Nadu, India.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
erode
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /ɪˈɹəʊd/
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Canada, General-American: /ɪˈɹoʊd/
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Australian: /ɪˈɹəʉd/
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rhymes with -əʊd
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CMU ARPABET: IH0 R OW1 D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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name
Meaning 2
The capital city of Erode district, Tamil Nadu, India.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 3
To wear away by abrasion, corrosion, or chemical reaction.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- The cliff is gradually being eroded by the waves.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: corrode, eat away, gnaw, undermine, denude
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 4
To destroy gradually by an ongoing process.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively
Examples
- to erode a person’s trust
- to erode society’s morals
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: corrode, eat away
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 5
remove soil or rock
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- Rain eroded the terraces
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: eat away, fret
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: damage
Narrower terms: wash
verb
Meaning 6
become ground down or deteriorate
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- Her confidence eroded
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: gnaw, gnaw at, eat at, wear away
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: decay, crumble, dilapidate
History
Etymology
Borrowed from Tamil ஈரோடு (īrōṭu).
From French éroder, from Latin ērōdō.
Across languages
Translations
38 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Belarusian: эрадзі́раваць (eradzíravacʹ) — to wear away by abrasion, corrosion, or chemical reaction
- Bulgarian: еродирам (erodiram) — to wear away by abrasion, corrosion, or chemical reaction
- Bulgarian: разяждам (razjaždam) — to wear away by abrasion, corrosion, or chemical reaction
- Chinese Mandarin: 侵蝕 /侵蚀 (qīnshí) — to wear away by abrasion, corrosion, or chemical reaction
- Chinese Mandarin: 腐蝕 /腐蚀 (fǔshí) — to wear away by abrasion, corrosion, or chemical reaction
- Danish: erodere — to wear away by abrasion, corrosion, or chemical reaction
- Dutch: afslijten — to wear away by abrasion, corrosion, or chemical reaction
- Dutch: uitslijten — to wear away by abrasion, corrosion, or chemical reaction
- Dutch: verweren — to wear away by abrasion, corrosion, or chemical reaction
- Dutch: eroderen — to wear away by abrasion, corrosion, or chemical reaction
- Dutch: corroderen — to wear away by abrasion, corrosion, or chemical reaction
- Dutch: aantasten — to wear away by abrasion, corrosion, or chemical reaction
- Dutch: aanvreten — to wear away by abrasion, corrosion, or chemical reaction
- Dutch: uitbijten — to wear away by abrasion, corrosion, or chemical reaction
- Dutch: inbijten — to wear away by abrasion, corrosion, or chemical reaction
- Finnish: kuluttaa — to wear away by abrasion, corrosion, or chemical reaction
- Finnish: syövyttää — to wear away by abrasion, corrosion, or chemical reaction
- Finnish: jäytää — to wear away by abrasion, corrosion, or chemical reaction
- French: éroder — to wear away by abrasion, corrosion, or chemical reaction
- German: erodieren — to wear away by abrasion, corrosion, or chemical reaction
- Italian: erodere — to wear away by abrasion, corrosion, or chemical reaction
- Italian: corrodere — to wear away by abrasion, corrosion, or chemical reaction
- Italian: rodere — to wear away by abrasion, corrosion, or chemical reaction
- Māori: ngāhorohoro — to wear away by abrasion, corrosion, or chemical reaction
- Māori: weku — to wear away by abrasion, corrosion, or chemical reaction
- Norwegian Bokmål: erodere — to wear away by abrasion, corrosion, or chemical reaction
- Norwegian Nynorsk: erodera — to wear away by abrasion, corrosion, or chemical reaction
- Norwegian Nynorsk: erodere — to wear away by abrasion, corrosion, or chemical reaction
- Portuguese: erodir — to wear away by abrasion, corrosion, or chemical reaction
- Russian: эроди́ровать (erodírovatʹ) — to wear away by abrasion, corrosion, or chemical reaction
- Spanish: erosionar — to wear away by abrasion, corrosion, or chemical reaction
- Swedish: erodera — to wear away by abrasion, corrosion, or chemical reaction
- Ukrainian: еродува́ти (eroduváty) — to wear away by abrasion, corrosion, or chemical reaction
- Vietnamese: xói mòn — to wear away by abrasion, corrosion, or chemical reaction
- Vietnamese: xâm thực — to wear away by abrasion, corrosion, or chemical reaction
- Vietnamese: ăn mòn — to wear away by abrasion, corrosion, or chemical reaction
- Yiddish: אַוועקשווענקען (avekshvenken) — to wear away by abrasion, corrosion, or chemical reaction
- Swedish: urholka — (figurative) To destroy gradually
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