corrode
/kəˈɹəʊd/US/kəˈɹoʊd/
corrode verb: 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.
Verb
corrode (third-person singular simple present corrodes, present participle corroding, simple past and past participle corroded)
- 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.
- To consume; to wear away; to prey upon; to impair.
- My morale is being corroded day by day.
- To have corrosive action; to be subject to corrosion.
corrode meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam
corrode in Tamil
- அரிப்பு, அழிவுறு, துருப்பிடித்தல், கரம்பை
corrode in Urdu
- زنگ کھانا, زنگ آلود کرنا
corrode in Bengali
- ক্ষয় করা, ধ্বংস করা
corrode in Malayalam
- to corrode
- ദ്രവിക്കുക dravikkuka
More languagesFewer languages
- corrode in Kannada
- ಕೊರೆ, ತಿಂದುಹಾಕು, ಸವೆಸು, ತುಕ್ಕುಹಿಡಿ
- corrode in Arabic
- أكل, أصدأ, تآكل, صدئ
- corrode in Vietnamese
- ăn mòn
Synonyms of corrode
Forms of corrode
| third-person singular present | corrodes |
|---|---|
| present participle | corroding |
| past participle | corroded |
| past | corroded |
Origin of corrode
From Middle English corrōden, that borrowed from Old French corroder or directly from Latin corrōdere (“to gnaw”), from con- (“completely”) + rōdere (“to gnaw”).
Words formed from corrode
Words that rhyme with corrode
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- abode
- bode
- choad
- encode
- goad
- toad
- antipode
- decode
- episode
- erode
- forebode
- hoed
- incommode
- overrode
- recode
- rode
- strode
- throwed
- unicode
- woad
- 'splode
- bestowed
- cestode
- chode
- crowed
- discommode
- glode
- Gold Code
- grode
- growed
- hode
- I'll be blowed
- lowed
- mowed
- nuclear code
- ode
- owed
- shode
- side road
- Spanish Road
- stroad
- subnode
- tode
- toed
- towed
- Union Road
- uudecode
- uuencode
Questions about corrode
- What does corrode mean?
- Corrode means 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.
- What is corrode in Tamil?
- Corrode in Tamil is அரிப்பு, அழிவுறு, துருப்பிடித்தல். See Corrode meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is corrode?
- Corrode is a verb.
- How do you pronounce corrode?
- Corrode is pronounced /kəˈɹəʊd/ (UK).
- What is the past tense of corrode?
- The past tense of corrode is corroded.
Words near corrode in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: corrode (page history and authors); corrode (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); corrode (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); corrode (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ദ്രവിക്കുക (Malayalam) (page history and authors); corrode (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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