corrode
verb /kəˈrəʊd/
/kəˈrəʊd/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they corrode | /kəˈrəʊd/ /kəˈrəʊd/ |
| he / she / it corrodes | /kəˈrəʊdz/ /kəˈrəʊdz/ |
| past simple corroded | /kəˈrəʊdɪd/ /kəˈrəʊdɪd/ |
| past participle corroded | /kəˈrəʊdɪd/ /kəˈrəʊdɪd/ |
| -ing form corroding | /kəˈrəʊdɪŋ/ /kəˈrəʊdɪŋ/ |
- [transitive, intransitive] corrode (something) to slowly destroy or damage metal, stone or other materials by chemical action; to be destroyed in this way
- Acid corrodes metal.
- The copper pipework has corroded in places.
- [transitive] corrode something to slowly destroy or make something weaker
- Corruption corrodes public confidence in a political system.
Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin corrodere, from cor- (expressing intensive force) + rodere ‘gnaw’.