corrade v 1: wear away [syn: {abrade}, {corrade}, {abrase}, {rub down}, {rub off}]
Corrade \Cor*rade"\ (k?r-r?d"), v. t. [L. corradere, -rasum; cor- + radere to rub.] 1. To gnaw into; to wear away; to fret; to consume. [Obs.] --Dr. R. Clerke. [1913 Webster] 2. (Geol.) To erode, as the bed of a stream. See {Corrosion}. [1913 Webster]