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corroding

corroding is the present participle and gerund of corrode.

Meaning of corrode

Verb

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.
    Synonyms:
    canker, gnaw, rust, waste, wear
  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.

Noun

corroding (plural corrodings)

  1. corrosion
    • My companions ate merely to satisfy the corrodings of hunger. I fasted till after three the succeeding morning.1823, Timothy Dwight, Travels in New-England and New-York, page 269

Forms of corroding

pluralcorrodings

Phrases with corroding

Questions about corroding

What does corroding mean?
Corroding means corrosion.
What is corroding the present participle and gerund of?
Corroding is the present participle and gerund of corrode.
What part of speech is corroding?
Corroding is a noun.
What is the plural of corroding?
The plural of corroding is corrodings.

Words near corroding in the dictionary

  1. corrodibility
  2. corrodible
  3. corrodier
  4. corrodiers
  5. corrodies
  6. corroding
  7. corroding lead
  8. corrodingly
  9. corrodings
  10. corrody
  11. Corrofin

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