Crossword clues for erodes
erodes
- Decays gradually
- Breaks down
- Whittles down
- Destroys gradually
- Crumbles away
- Destroys by disintegration
- Gradually wears away
- Destroys by degrees
- Wears slowly
- Slowly washes away
- Slowly disintegrates, like a shoreline
- Grinds down
- Disappears gradually
- Wears off
- Loses ground slowly but surely
- Vanishes slowly
- Slowly vanishes
- Reduces over time
- Gradually disintegrates
- Falls away slowly
- Decreases, in a way
- Creates ravines
- Creates naturally, as a gorge
- Chips away
- Causes wear to
- Breaks the bank?
- Blows away, possibly
- Eats at the beach
- Deteriorates
- Cuts into
- Diminishes bit by bit
- Undergoes nivation
- Wears away gradually, as shoreline
- Reduces gradually
- Eats away at, as support
- Washes away at
- Eats into, as rock
- Loses ground?
- Wears down
- Chips away at
- Weakens
- Undermines, as support
- Slowly disappears
- Whittles away
- Diminishes by degrees
- Gullies
- Disintegrates slowly
- Wastes away
- Molders
- Subjects to detrition
- Rots
- Eats away, as soil
- Causes detritus
Wiktionary
erodes
vb. (en-third-person singular of: erode)
Usage examples of "erodes".
Farishta in his exhaustion-beyond-exhaustion would lose control and place his sobbing head on Chamcha's shoulder, while Saladin -- prolonged captivity erodes certain reluctances among the captives -- would stroke his face and kiss the top of his head, _There, there, there_.
Carried in earthen pots, it must never be spilled (the penal code deals fiercely with offenders), for where it drops the city erodes alarmingly.
This situation is about to become dramatically worse as the population grows, soil erodes, and urban settlements and transportation networks expand onto agricultural land: As much as a tenth of all China’s good farmland could be destroyed within two decades.