MEANING
To remove or weaken something little by little through sustained action.
Use it for
Words that belong together
- erode trust
- erode the shoreline
On the page
Repeated exceptions began to erode confidence in the rules.
Nearby words
Word forms
- Base
- erode
- Past tense
- eroded
- Past participle
- eroded
- Present participle
- eroding
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- erode
- Present continuous
- am/is/are eroding
- Present perfect
- have/has eroded
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been eroding
- Past
- eroded
- Past continuous
- was/were eroding
- Past perfect
- had eroded
- Past perfect continuous
- had been eroding
- Future
- will erode
- Future continuous
- will be eroding
- Future perfect
- will have eroded
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been eroding
Choose the auxiliary that agrees with your subject. These are constructions of one word, not separate entries.
Usage notes
Primary category: literary / elevated general. Forms: erode; erodes; eroded; eroded; eroding Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Commonness: moderately common. Third-person singular: erodes.
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