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 dust is far more dangerous to the operative painter than to the worker in the lead corroding factory.
There is no danger of these submarines corroding.
Whatever the reality, the perception is corroding trust in politicians generally.
For instance, the metal bars that are driven through the four corners of the houses are corroding and are carbonating into the concrete.
For years, no doubt, the chemicals inside them had been corroding the metal parts.
For instance, how can a householder know that old gas pipes are corroding outside his premises and may be in a very dangerous condition?
The thing above all that is corroding relations between the public and the police is the duty of the police in relation to road traffic.
Is there any means of ascertaining when corroding of gas mains has taken place so that leakage is imminent?
