corrode

From Middle English corrōden, that borrowed from Old French corroder or directly from Latin corrōdere (“to gnaw”), from con- (“completely”) +‎ rōdere (“to gnaw”).

• (UK) IPA^(key): /kəˈɹəʊd/

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• (US) IPA^(key): /kəˈɹoʊd/, [kəˈɹoʊ̯d], [kɚˈ(ɹ)oʊ̯d]
• Rhymes: -əʊd

corrode (third-person singular simple present corrodes, present participle corroding, simple past and past participle corroded)

1. (transitive) To eat away bit by bit; to wear away or diminish by gradually separating or destroying small particles of, as by action of a strong acid or a caustic alkali.
2. (transitive) To consume; to wear away; to prey upon; to impair.

   My morale is being corroded day by day.

3. (intransitive) To have corrosive action; to be subject to corrosion.

• (to eat away by degrees): canker, gnaw, rust, waste, wear

• corroding lead

• Cordero

corrode

1. inflection of corroder:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

corrode

1. third-person singular present indicative of corrodere

• corredo, corredò, decorro

corrōde

1. second-person singular present active imperative of corrōdō