erode

erode is a 5-letter English word with 3 senses as transitive verb and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To eat into or away; to corrode; as, canker erodes the flesh. Face value is 6 in Scrabble and 6 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

5 letters · Scrabble 6 · Words With Friends 6 · 3 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. To eat into or away; to corrode; as, canker erodes the flesh.
2. verb. remove soil or rock

   "Rain eroded the terraces"

   Synonyms: fret

3. verb. become ground down or deteriorate

   "Her confidence eroded"

   Synonyms: gnaw

Synonyms

fret, gnaw

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in erode:

doree

Common word forms

eroded, erodes, eroding

Words from these letters

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