Dictionary Entry
corrode
corrode is a 7-letter English word with 5 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 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. Face value is 10 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
7 letters · Scrabble 10 · Words With Friends 11 · 5 senses
Definitions
- 1transitive verb
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.
- 2transitive verb
To consume; to wear away; to prey upon; to impair.
- 3intransitive verb
To have corrosive action; to be subject to corrosion.
- 4verb
become destroyed by water, air, or a corrosive such as an acid
"The metal corroded"
"The pipes rusted"
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- 5verb
cause to deteriorate due to the action of water, air, or an acid
"The acid corroded the metal"
"The steady dripping of water rusted the metal stopper in the sink"
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