verb
- past tense of corrade; to wear away or erode by the action of water, ice, or other abrasive material
Usage: geological/scientific term; passive voice common
Examples
- The riverbed was corraded by centuries of flowing water.
- Glaciers corraded the valley into its distinctive U-shape.
- Waves corraded the rocky coastline over thousands of years.
- The canyon walls were corraded by wind and sand.
- Sediment corraded the pipe's interior surface.