ERODED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does eroded mean? 

• ERODED (adjective)
  The adjective ERODED has 1 sense:

1. worn away as by water or ice or wind

  Familiarity information: ERODED used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ERODED (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Worn away as by water or ice or wind

Synonyms:

eroded; scoured

Similar:

worn (affected by wear; damaged by long use)

 Context examples 

The team speculated that perhaps the small dust grains adorning the surface of most comets eroded during `Oumuamua’s journey through interstellar space, with only larger dust grains remaining.

(ESO’s VLT Sees `Oumuamua Getting a Boost, ESO)

The Martian buttes and mesas rising above the surface are eroded remnants of ancient sandstone that originated when winds deposited sand after lower Mount Sharp had formed.

(Mars Rover Views Spectacular Layered Rock Formations, NASA)

However, old age does not necessarily mean that a planet's atmosphere has been eroded.

(TRAPPIST-1 is Older Than Our Solar System, NASA/JPL)

The presence of such deep cuts in the landscape indicates that whatever process created them was active for a long time or eroded down much faster than other areas on Titan's surface.

(Cassini Finds Flooded Canyons on Titan, NASA)

These channels were eroded into the rock below the ice, leaving distinctive formations known as "tunnel valleys."

(Massive East Antarctic Ice Sheet has history of instability, National Science Foundatio)

The dense, metallic nature of K2-229b has numerous potential origins, and one hypothesis is that its atmosphere might have been eroded by intense stellar wind and flares, as the planet is so close to its star.

(Mercury Not as Rare as Previously Thought, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)