erode

Other forms of erode

past tense

eroded·

present participle

eroding·

third person

erodes·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about erode

What does erode mean?

erode means "become ground down or deteriorate". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in erode?

erode has 2 syllables: e-rode. The stress falls on "rode". In IPA it is /ɪˈɹoʊd/.

What is another word for erode?

Close synonyms include gnaw, gnaw at, eat at, wear away, eat away. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is erode a common word?

erode is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with erode?

4 words rhyme with erode. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.