Definition of corrode

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Corrode (v. i.) To have corrosive action; to be subject to corrosion.

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Incorrodible :: Incorrodible (a.) Incapable of being corroded, consumed, or eaten away..
#NAME? :: -ent () An adjective suffix signifying action or being; as, corrodent, excellent, emergent, continent, quiescent. See -ant..
Corrodent :: Corrodent (a.) Corrosive.
Caustic :: Caustic (a.) Any substance or means which, applied to animal or other organic tissue, burns, corrodes, or destroys it by chemical action; an escharotic..
Stopple :: Stopping-out (n.) A method adopted in etching, to keep the acid from those parts which are already sufficiently corroded, by applying varnish or other covering matter with a brush, but allowing the acid to act on the other parts..
Corroded :: Corroded (imp. & p. p.) of Corrod.
Gnaw :: Gnaw (v. t.) To corrode; to fret away; to waste.
Corrode :: Corrode (v. t.) To consume; to wear away; to prey upon; to impair.
Erode :: Erode (v. t.) To eat into or away; to corrode; as, canker erodes the flesh..
Cautery :: Cautery (n.) A burning or searing, as of morbid flesh, with a hot iron, or by application of a caustic that will burn, corrode, or destroy animal tissue..
Etch :: Etch (v. t.) To produce, as figures or designs, on mental, glass, or the like, by means of lines or strokes eaten in or corroded by means of some strong acid..
Corrodent :: Corrodent (n.) Anything that corrodes.
Corrodiate :: Corrodiate (v. t.) To eat away by degrees; to corrode.
Corrode :: Corrode (v. i.) To have corrosive action; to be subject to corrosion.
Canker :: Canker (v. t.) To affect as a canker; to eat away; to corrode; to consume.
Acrimony :: Acrimony (n.) A quality of bodies which corrodes or destroys others; also, a harsh or biting sharpness; as, the acrimony of the juices of certain plants..
Iron-sick :: Iron-sick (a.) Having the ironwork loose or corroded; -- said of a ship when her bolts and nails are so eaten with rust that she has become leaky.
Begnaw :: Begnaw (v. t.) To gnaw; to eat away; to corrode.
Exulcerate :: Exulcerate (v. t. & i.) To corrode; to fret; to chafe; to inflame.
Canker :: Canker (n.) Anything which corrodes, corrupts, or destroy..
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