英:[kə'reɪd]
美:[kə'reɪd]
英:[kə'reɪd]
美:[kə'reɪd]
verb
transitive verb
to wear away by abrasion
intransitive verb
to crumble away through abrasion
borrowed from Latin corrādere "to rake together, sweep up, scrape off," from cor-, variant before r of com- com- + rādere "to scrape, scratch, shave" — more at rase
The first known use of corrade was in 1646
1 the desert's windblown sands had corraded much of the ancient stone's inscription