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Definition of Corrode
1. Verb. Cause to deteriorate due to the action of water, air, or an acid. "The steady dripping of water rusted the metal stopper in the sink"
Generic synonyms: Damage
Related verbs: Rust
Derivative terms: Corroding, Corrosion, Corrosive, Rust, Rust
2. Verb. Become destroyed by water, air, or a corrosive such as an acid. "These cars won't corrode "; "The pipes rusted"
Generic synonyms: Crumble, Decay, Dilapidate
Related verbs: Eat, Rust
Specialized synonyms: Eat Away, Fret
Derivative terms: Corroding, Corrosion, Corrosion, Corrosive, Rust, Rust
Definition of Corrode
1. v. t. 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.
2. v. i. To have corrosive action; to be subject to corrosion.
Definition of Corrode
1. Verb. (transitive) 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. ¹
2. Verb. (transitive) To consume; to wear away; to prey upon; to impair. ¹
3. Verb. (intransitive) To have corrosive action; to be subject to corrosion. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Corrode
1. to eat away gradually [v -RODED, -RODING, -RODES]
Medical Definition of Corrode
1. To cause, or to be affected by, corrosion. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Corrode
Literary usage of Corrode
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. How to use the microscope: Being Practical Hints on the Selection and Use of ...by John Phin by John Phin (1890)
"... To Protect ih Objectives from Vapors which corrode Glass; Cleaning the
Objectives; Cleaning th Brass Work. How TO USE OBJECTIVES OF LARGE APERTURE. ..."
2. The Annual of Scientific Discovery, Or, Year-book of Facts in Science and Art by David Ames Wells, George Bliss, Samuel Kneeland, John Trowbridge, Charles Robert Cross (1869)
"... which are electro-negative or electro-positive, to the metal in the shell (copper
or zinc), either tends to corrode the boiler, or to oppose the action ..."
3. The Annual of Scientific Discovery, Or, Year-book of Facts in Science and Art. by David Ames Wells, George Bliss, Samuel Kneeland, John Trowbridge, Wm Ripley Nichols, Charles R Cross (1869)
"... which aro electro-negative or electro-positive, to the metal in the shell (copper
or zinc), cither tends to corrode the boiler, or to oppose the action ..."
4. A Text-book of Pharmacology and Therapeutics by Arthur Robertson Cushny (1899)
"arid even corrode the skin, and induce gastro-enteritis when swallowed.
Permanganate solutions are antiseptics of considerable power, owing to their ..."
5. The Ecclesiastical History of England and Normandy by Ordericus Vitalis, Léopold Delisle, Guizot (François) (1854)
"late and corrode the hearts of men, and overwhelm and destroy them with fatal
joy or grief. Joys minister to lust, sorrows lead to cruelty. ..."
6. Elements of Glass and Glass Making by Benjamin Franklin Biser, Julius Arnold Koch (1899)
"But when the action of the fluxes begins to corrode them they must be replaced
with new ... corrode ..."
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