eroded
from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Erode \E*rode"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Eroded}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Eroding}.] [L. erodere, erosum; e out + rodere to gnaw. See
{Rodent}.]
1. To eat into or away; to corrode; as, canker erodes the
flesh. "The blood . . . erodes the vessels." --Wiseman.
[1913 Webster]
The smaller charge is more apt to . . . erode the
gun. --Am. Cyc.
[1913 Webster]
2. (Geol. & Phys. Geog.)
(a) To wear away; as, streams and glaciers erode the land.
(b) To produce by erosion, or wearing away; as, glaciers
erode U-shaped valleys.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
3. to reduce or lessen as if by eroding; as, a politician's
base of support is eroded by evidence of corruption; the
buying power of the dollar is eroded by inflation. [fig.]
[PJC]
from
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
72 Moby Thesaurus words for "eroded":
abated, ablated, attenuated, bated, belittled, blanched, bleached,
burnt up, by the board, consumed, contracted, corroded, curtailed,
decreased, deflated, depleted, diminished, dissipated, drained,
dropped, eaten, eaten up, effete, exhausted, expended, faded,
fallen, finished, forfeit, forfeited, gone, impoverished,
irretrievable, less, lesser, long-lost, lost, lost to, lower,
lowered, miniaturized, out the window, reduced, retrenched,
rust-cankered, rust-eaten, rust-worn, rusty, scaled-down, shorn,
shorter, shrunk, shrunken, smaller, spent, squandered, used,
used up, washed-out, wasted, watered-down, weakened,
weather-battered, weather-beaten, weather-bitten, weather-eaten,
weather-wasted, weathered, weatherworn, worn, worn away,
worn-out
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