0 present participle of corrode
1 If metal corrodes, or if something corrodes it, it is slowly damaged by something such as rain or water:
Steel tends to corrode faster in a salty atmosphere.
The effect of (corroding) pipe material on bacterial metal tolerance was not studied in detail but was suggested to play a role.
Displaced and lost, individuals respond to the threat by an excessive emphasis on group loyalty, and experience a corroding humiliation.
The chemical drums are corroding and some may have been punctured.
What is this upon which the big circulations have been built but a most subtle, corroding, fatal poison.
There must surely be a middle way between deference and malicious point scoring, and between questioning scepticism and corroding cynicism.
It is the most corroding malady which can afflict any community or individual.
So if we enact the legislation, we shall be in danger of corroding the cohesion of our service life.
Is there any means of ascertaining when corroding of gas mains has taken place so that leakage is imminent?