CORRODE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does corrode mean? 

• CORRODE (verb)
  The verb CORRODE has 2 senses:

1. cause to deteriorate due to the action of water, air, or an acid

2. become destroyed by water, air, or a corrosive such as an acid

  Familiarity information: CORRODE used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CORRODE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they corrode    ... he / she / it corrodes   
Past simple: corroded   
Past participle: corroded   
-ing form: corroding   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Cause to deteriorate due to the action of water, air, or an acid

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

corrode; eat; rust

Context example:

The steady dripping of water rusted the metal stopper in the sink

Hypernyms (to "corrode" is one way to...):

damage (inflict damage upon)

Verb group:

corrode; rust (become destroyed by water, air, or a corrosive such as an acid)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s something

Derivation:

corroding; corrosion (erosion by chemical action)

corrosive (of a substance, especially a strong acid; capable of destroying or eating away by chemical action)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Become destroyed by water, air, or a corrosive such as an acid

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

corrode; rust

Context example:

The pipes rusted

Hypernyms (to "corrode" is one way to...):

crumble; decay; dilapidate (fall into decay or ruin)

Verb group:

corrode; eat; rust (cause to deteriorate due to the action of water, air, or an acid)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "corrode"):

eat away; fret (wear away or erode)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Sentence example:

These cars won't corrode

Derivation:

corroding; corrosion (erosion by chemical action)

corrosion (a state of deterioration in metals caused by oxidation or chemical action)

corrosive (of a substance, especially a strong acid; capable of destroying or eating away by chemical action)

 Context examples 

Device problems that occur when the device becomes worn, weakened, corroded, or broken down due to processes such as aging, permeation, and corrosion.

(Device Degradation Problem Evaluation Result, Food and Drug Administration)

Last January, rid of all mistresses—in a harsh, bitter frame of mind, the result of a useless, roving, lonely life—corroded with disappointment, sourly disposed against all men, and especially against all womankind (for I began to regard the notion of an intellectual, faithful, loving woman as a mere dream), recalled by business, I came back to England.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

Something of vengeance I had tasted for the first time; as aromatic wine it seemed, on swallowing, warm and racy: its after-flavour, metallic and corroding, gave me a sensation as if I had been poisoned.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)