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Verb
S:
(v)
erode
,
gnaw
,
gnaw at
,
eat at
,
wear away
(become ground down or deteriorate)
"Her confidence eroded"
S:
(v)
erode
,
eat away
,
fret
(remove soil or rock)
"Rain eroded the terraces"
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full troponym
S:
(v)
wash
(form by erosion)
"The river washed a ravine into the mountainside"
verb group
direct hypernym
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inherited hypernym
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sister term
sentence frame
Something ----s something
direct hypernym
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derivationally related form
W:
(adj)
erosive
[Related to:
erode
] (wearing away by friction)
"the erosive effects of waves on the shoreline"
W:
(n)
erosion
[Related to:
erode
] (condition in which the earth's surface is worn away by the action of water and wind)
W:
(n)
erosion
[Related to:
erode
] ((geology) the mechanical process of wearing or grinding something down (as by particles washing over it))
W:
(n)
eroding
[Related to:
erode
] ((geology) the mechanical process of wearing or grinding something down (as by particles washing over it))
sentence frame
Something ----s something