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.

Source : WordNet®

eroding
     n : (geology) the mechanical process of wearing or grinding
         something down (as by particles washing over it) [syn: {erosion},
          {eating away}, {wearing}, {wearing away}]