Eroded

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Erode \E*rode"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Eroded}; p. pr. & vb. n.
     {Eroding}.] [L. erodere, erosum; e out + rodere to gnaw. See
     {Rodent}.]
     1. To eat into or away; to corrode; as, canker erodes the
        flesh. "The blood . . . erodes the vessels." --Wiseman.
        [1913 Webster]


  
              The smaller charge is more apt to . . . erode the
              gun.                                  --Am. Cyc.
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     2. (Geol. & Phys. Geog.)
        (a) To wear away; as, streams and glaciers erode the land.
        (b) To produce by erosion, or wearing away; as, glaciers
            erode U-shaped valleys.
            [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
  
     3. to reduce or lessen as if by eroding; as, a politician's
        base of support is eroded by evidence of corruption; the
        buying power of the dollar is eroded by inflation. [fig.]
        [PJC]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Eroded \E*rod"ed\, p. p. & a.
     1. Eaten away; gnawed; irregular, as if eaten or worn away.
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     2. (Bot.) Having the edge worn away so as to be jagged or
        irregularly toothed.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  eroded
       adj : worn away as by water or ice or wind [syn: {scoured}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  72 Moby Thesaurus words for "eroded":
     abated, ablated, attenuated, bated, belittled, blanched, bleached,
     burnt up, by the board, consumed, contracted, corroded, curtailed,
     decreased, deflated, depleted, diminished, dissipated, drained,
     dropped, eaten, eaten up, effete, exhausted, expended, faded,
     fallen, finished, forfeit, forfeited, gone, impoverished,
     irretrievable, less, lesser, long-lost, lost, lost to, lower,
     lowered, miniaturized, out the window, reduced, retrenched,
     rust-cankered, rust-eaten, rust-worn, rusty, scaled-down, shorn,
     shorter, shrunk, shrunken, smaller, spent, squandered, used,
     used up, washed-out, wasted, watered-down, weakened,
     weather-battered, weather-beaten, weather-bitten, weather-eaten,
     weather-wasted, weathered, weatherworn, worn, worn away,
     worn-out