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- pronunciation:
- ih
rod
- features:
- Word Explorer, Word Parts
| part of speech: |
verb |
| inflections: |
erodes, eroding, eroded |
| definition: |
If water in a river hits against soft rock, the water will erode the rock little by little. That means bits of the rock will be washed away by the force of the water. Over a long time, parts of the rock, or all of the rock, will completely disappear. When one thing, like water or wind, erodes something, that thing will lose many bits or completely disappear.
The wind eroded the land and now there is no soil for the crops to grow.Powerful waves eroded the rocks of the beach and turned them, over a long time, into sand.- synonyms:
- wear away
- similar words:
- eat, wash
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