Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Erode \E*rode"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Eroded}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Eroding}.] [L. erodere, erosum; e out + rodere to gnaw. See
   {Rodent}.]
   To eat into or away; to corrode; as, canker erodes the flesh.
   ``The blood . . . erodes the vessels.'' --Wiseman.

         The smaller charge is more apt to . . . erode the gun.
                                                  --Am. Cyc.

Eroded \E*rod"ed\, p. p. & a.
   1. Eaten away; gnawed; irregular, as if eaten or worn away.

   2. (Bot.) Having the edge worn away so as to be jagged or
      irregularly toothed.

Source : WordNet®

eroded
     adj : worn away as by water or ice or wind [syn: {scoured}]