Liberal Dictionary English Dictionary
verb (used with object), cor·rod·ed, cor·rod·ing.
- to eat or wear away gradually as if by gnawing, especially by chemical action.
- to impair; deteriorate: Jealousy corroded his character.
verb (used without object), cor·rod·ed, cor·rod·ing.
- to become corroded.
verb
- to eat away or be eaten away, esp by chemical action as in the oxidation or rusting of a metal
- (tr) to destroy gradually; consumehis jealousy corroded his happiness
v.c.1400, from Old French corroder (14c.) or directly from Latin corrodere “to gnaw to bits, wear away,” from com-, intensive prefix (see com-), + rodere “to gnaw” (see rodent). Related: Corroded; corroding.