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Wordnet 3.0

VERB (2)

1. cause to deteriorate due to the action of water, air, or an acid;
- Example: "The acid corroded the metal"
- Example: "The steady dripping of water rusted the metal stopper in the sink"
[syn: corrode, eat, rust]

2. become destroyed by water, air, or a corrosive such as an acid;
- Example: "The metal corroded"
- Example: "The pipes rusted"
[syn: corrode, rust]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Corrode \Cor*rode"\, v. i.
   To have corrosive action; to be subject to corrosion.
   [1913 Webster]

   Corroding lead, lead sufficiently pure to be used in making
      white lead by a process of corroding.

   Syn: To canker; gnaw; rust; waste; wear away.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Corrode \Cor*rode"\ (k?r-r?d") v. t. [imp. & p. p. Corroded;
   p. pr. & vb. n. Corroding.] [L. corrodere, -rosum; cor +
   rodere to gnaw: cf. F. corroder. See Rodent.]
   [1913 Webster]
   1. To eat away by degrees; to wear away or diminish by
      gradually separating or destroying small particles of, as
      by action of a strong acid or a caustic alkali.
      [1913 Webster]

            Aqua fortis corroding copper . . . is wont to reduce
            it to a green-blue solution.          --Boyle.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. To consume; to wear away; to prey upon; to impair.
      [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

corrode
    v 1: cause to deteriorate due to the action of water, air, or an
         acid; "The acid corroded the metal"; "The steady dripping
         of water rusted the metal stopper in the sink" [syn:
         corrode, eat, rust]
    2: become destroyed by water, air, or a corrosive such as an
       acid; "The metal corroded"; "The pipes rusted" [syn:
       corrode, rust]