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ÉĒ
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rode
ˈroʊd
rowd
/ÉĒˈrəʊd/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "erode"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āĻ•ā§āώāϝāĻŧ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āϧ⧀āϰ⧇ āϧ⧀āϰ⧇ āύāĻˇā§āϟ āĻ•āϰāĻž

(of natural forces such as wind, water, or other environmental factors) to gradually wear away or diminish the surface of a material
Transitive: to erode the surface of a material
to erode definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Wind and rain eroded the exposed rocks on the mountaintop.
āĻŦāĻžāϤāĻžāϏ āĻ“ āĻŦ⧃āĻˇā§āϟāĻŋ āĻĒāĻžāĻšāĻžāĻĄāĻŧ⧇āϰ āĻšā§‚āĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϝāĻŧ āωāĻ¨ā§āĻŽā§āĻ•ā§āϤ āĻĒāĻžāĻĨāϰāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋāϕ⧇ āĻ•ā§āώāϝāĻŧ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻ•ā§āώāϝāĻŧ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āϘāώāĻž

to undergo gradual wearing away or reduction in size, typically as a result of natural forces or environmental factors
Intransitive
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Over time, exposed rock surfaces in the desert erode due to wind and sand.
āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ⧇āϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇, āĻŽāϰ⧁āĻ­ā§‚āĻŽāĻŋāϤ⧇ āωāĻ¨ā§āĻŽā§āĻ•ā§āϤ āĻĒāĻžāĻĨāϰ⧇āϰ āĻĒ⧃āĻˇā§āĻ āϤāϞ āĻŦāĻžāϤāĻžāϏ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻŦāĻžāϞāĻŋāϰ āĻ•āĻžāϰāϪ⧇ āĻ•ā§āώāϝāĻŧāĻĒā§āϰāĻžāĻĒā§āϤ āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
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āĻ•ā§āώāϝāĻŧ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻĻ⧁āĻ°ā§āĻŦāϞ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to gradually destroy someone's confidence, trust, or emotional well-being due to negative experiences or influences
Transitive: to erode a person's emotional well-being
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The betrayal by a trusted friend slowly eroded his trust in others.
āĻāĻ•āϜāύ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āϤ āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āϧ⧁āϰ āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻžāϰāĻž āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦāĻžāϏāϘāĻžāϤāĻ•āϤāĻž āϧ⧀āϰ⧇ āϧ⧀āϰ⧇ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āϝāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦāĻžāϏ āĻ•ā§āώāϝāĻŧ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āϝāĻŧāĨ¤
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āĻ•ā§āώāϝāĻŧ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻĻ⧁āĻ°ā§āĻŦāϞ āĻ•āϰāĻž

(of one's confidence, trust, or emotional well-being) to gradually decline due to prolonged exposure to negative experiences or influences
Intransitive
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Betty 's trust in friendship eroded when her confidences were repeatedly betrayed.
āĻŦ⧇āϟāĻŋāϰ āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āϧ⧁āĻ¤ā§āĻŦ⧇ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦāĻžāϏ āĻ•ā§āώāϝāĻŧāĻĒā§āϰāĻžāĻĒā§āϤ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āϝāĻ–āύ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻ—ā§‹āĻĒāύ⧀āϝāĻŧāϤāĻž āĻŦāĻžāϰāĻŦāĻžāϰ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦāĻžāϏāϘāĻžāϤāĻ•āϤāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤

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