/ Dictionary / Index E erode: Meaning and Definition of Find definitions for: e•rode Pronunciation: (i-rōd'), [key] — v., e•rod•ed, e•rod•ing. —v.t. to eat into or away; destroy by slow consumption or disintegration: Battery acid had eroded the engine. Inflation erodes the value of our money. to form (a gully, butte, or the like) by erosion. —v.i. to become eroded. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease. See also: erode (Thesaurus) Ernst erodent Related Content Daily Word Quiz: stringent Analogy of the Day: Today’s Analogy Spelling Bee: Today’s Spelling Bee Frequently Misspelled Words Frequently Mispronounced Words Easily Confused Words Writing & Language