Definitions for corrode
kəˈroʊdcor·rode

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. corrode, eat, rustverb

   cause to deteriorate due to the action of water, air, or an acid

   "The acid corroded the metal"; "The steady dripping of water rusted the metal stopper in the sink"

2. corrode, rustverb

   become destroyed by water, air, or a corrosive such as an acid

   "The metal corroded"; "The pipes rusted"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. corrodeverb

   To eat away by degrees; to wear away or diminish by gradually separating or destroying small particles of, as by action of a strong acid or a caustic alkali.

2. corrodeverb

   To consume; to wear away; to prey upon; to impair.

3. corrodeverb

   To have corrosive action; to be subject to corrosion.

4. Etymology: From the corrodere, via the corroder.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. To CORRODEverb

   To eat away by degrees, as a menstruum; to prey upon; to consume; to wear away gradually.

   Etymology: corrodo, Latin.

   Statesmen purge vice with vice, and may corrode
   The bad with bad, a spider with a toad;
   For so ill thralls not them, but they tame ill,
   And make her do much good against her will. John Donne.

   We know that aqua-fortis corroding copper, which is it that gives the colour to verdigrease, is wont to reduce it to a green blue solution. Robert Boyle, on Colours.

   The nature of mankind, left to itself, would soon have fallen into dissolution, without the incessant and corroding invasions of so long a time. Matthew Hale, Origin of Mankind.

   Hannibal the Pyreneans past,
   And steepy Alps, the mounds that nature cast,
   And with corroding juices, as he went,
   A passage through the living rock he rent. John Dryden, Juvenal.

   Fishes, which neither chew their meat nor grind it in their stomachs, do, by a dissolvent liquor there provided, corrode and reduce it into a chylus. John Ray, on the Creation.

   The blood turning acrimonious, corrodes the vessels, producing almost all the diseases of the inflammatory kind. Arbuth.

   Through the heart,
   Should jealousy its venom once diffuse,
   ’Tis then delightful misery no more,
   But agony unmixt, incessant gall,
   Corroding every thought, and blasting all
   Love’s paradise. James Thomson, Spring, l. 1075.

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1. corrode

   Corrosion is a natural process that converts a refined metal into a more chemically stable oxide. It is the gradual deterioration of materials (usually a metal) by chemical or electrochemical reaction with their environment. Corrosion engineering is the field dedicated to controlling and preventing corrosion. In the most common use of the word, this means electrochemical oxidation of metal in reaction with an oxidant such as oxygen, hydrogen or hydroxide. Rusting, the formation of iron oxides, is a well-known example of electrochemical corrosion. This type of damage typically produces oxide(s) or salt(s) of the original metal and results in a distinctive orange colouration. Corrosion can also occur in materials other than metals, such as ceramics or polymers, although in this context, the term "degradation" is more common. Corrosion degrades the useful properties of materials and structures including strength, appearance and permeability to liquids and gases. Many structural alloys corrode merely from exposure to moisture in air, but the process can be strongly affected by exposure to certain substances. Corrosion can be concentrated locally to form a pit or crack, or it can extend across a wide area more or less uniformly corroding the surface. Because corrosion is a diffusion-controlled process, it occurs on exposed surfaces. As a result, methods to reduce the activity of the exposed surface, such as passivation and chromate conversion, can increase a material's corrosion resistance. However, some corrosion mechanisms are less visible and less predictable. The chemistry of corrosion is complex; it can be considered an electrochemical phenomenon. During corrosion at a particular spot on the surface of an object made of iron, oxidation takes place and that spot behaves as an anode. The electrons released at this anodic spot move through the metal and go to another spot on the metal and reduce oxygen at that spot in presence of H+(which is believed to be available from carbonic acid (H2CO3) formed due to dissolution of carbon dioxide from air into water in moist air condition of atmosphere. Hydrogen ion in water may also be available due to dissolution of other acidic oxides from the atmosphere). This spot behaves as a cathode.

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1. corrode

   To corrode means to gradually wear away or destroy by a chemical process, typically referring to metals. It can also refer to the gradual damage or deterioration of something such as morals, character, or health over time.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Corrodeverb

   to eat away by degrees; to wear away or diminish by gradually separating or destroying small particles of, as by action of a strong acid or a caustic alkali

2. Corrodeverb

   to consume; to wear away; to prey upon; to impair

3. Corrodeverb

   to have corrosive action; to be subject to corrosion

4. Etymology: [L. corrodere, -rosum; cor + rodere to gnaw: cf. F. corroder. See Rodent.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Corrode

   kor-ōd′, v.t. to eat away by degrees: to rust.—v.i. to be eaten away.—adj. Corrod′ent, having the power of corroding.—n. that which corrodes.—ns. Corrodibil′ity, Corrosibil′ity, Corrō′sibleness.—adjs. Corrod′ible, Corros′ible, that may be corroded.—n. Corrō′sion, act of eating or wasting away.—adj. Corros′ive, having the quality of eating away.—n. that which has the power of corroding.—adv. Corros′ively.—n. Corros′iveness.—Corrosive sublimate, the popular name of the highly poisonous bichloride of mercury (mercuric chloride). [L. cor, inten., rodĕre, rosum, to gnaw.]

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1. Corrode

   to eat away gradually, as by rust or decay.

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of corrode in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of corrode in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of corrode in a Sentence

1. Tom Perez:

   You know when your plumbing goes out in your house or the water pipes in Flint (Michigan) corrode, it has life threatening consequences, and similarly when the political infrastructure corrodes, we lose elections.

2. Robert Heyman:

   This is going to corrode the relationship between the police and the communities that they serve.

3. Alekandr Sergeyevick Pushkin:

   I've lived to bury my desires, And see my dreams corrode with rust Now all that's left are fruitless fires That burn my empty heart to dust.

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