corrade

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verb

To gnaw into; to wear away

Similar
fretconsumeabradeabraserub downrub off
OriginLatin corrādō →
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Meanings

verbcorrade (third-person singular simple present corrades, present participle corrading, simple past and past participle corraded)

present singular third person corrades · participle present corrading · participle past corraded · past corraded

  1. obsoleteTo gnaw into; to wear away

    Synonyms: fret, consume

  2. geographyTo erode through physical or mechanical (rather than chemical) means, as the bed of a stream.
  3. obsoleteTo scrape or rake together; to accumulate laboriously.

Synonyms & antonyms

verbTo gnaw into; to wear away

Similar
fretconsume

More synonyms by meaning

verbwear away

Similar
abradeabraserub downrub off
Broader
wear awaywear off
Also see
abradeabraserub downrub off

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Latincorrādō
  2. Latincorrādō
  3. Englishcorrade

Borrowed from Latin corrādō (“to scrape off, abrade”).

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with corrade

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Anagrams

cerrado
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APA

corrade. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/corrade

MLA

“corrade.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/corrade. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “corrade,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/corrade.

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