Corroding
Corroding
Corroding tanım:
Kelime: cor·rode
Söyleniş: k&-'rOd
İşlev: verb
Türleri: cor·rod·ed; cor·rod·ing
Kökeni: Middle English, from Latin corrodere to gnaw to pieces, from com- rodere to gnaw -- more at RODENT
transitive senses
1 : to eat away by degrees as if by gnawing; especially : to wear away gradually usually by chemical action the metal was corroded beyond repair
2 : to weaken or destroy gradually : UNDERMINE manners and miserliness that corrode the human spirit -- Bernard DeVoto
intransitive senses : to undergo corrosion
- cor·rod·ible
/-'rO-d&-b&l/ adjective