What part of speech is eroding?

Eroding can be categorized as a verb.

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Parts of speech

  • 1. eroding is a verb, gerund of erode (infinitive).

Inflections

Verb

What does eroding mean?

Definitions

Verb

erode - remove soil or rock; "Rain eroded the terraces"
erode - become ground down or deteriorate; "Her confidence eroded"

Noun

eroding - (geology) the mechanical process of wearing or grinding something down (as by particles washing over it)

Examples of eroding

#   Sentence  
1. verb The number of minority seats in the Lower House is rapidly eroding.
2. verb Sand forms when rocks break down from weathering and eroding over thousands and even millions of years.
3. verb Civita, which dates back to Etruscan times and is perched on a small plateau of progressively eroding volcanic stone, will likely be visited this year by 800,000 tourists — a large number of them Chinese.
4. verb When they established the new republic, America’s Founding Fathers envisioned a country with deep community foundations. But as fewer Americans know their neighbors, that sense of community might be eroding.
5. verb Capitalism tends to erode the moral foundations on which it was built.
6. verb This will erode our credibility.
7. verb This will erode his credibility if it is made more widely known.
8. verb By helping an insect out of difficulty, I do nothing more than try to erode a little of the never-ending human guilt towards creation.
9. verb Often starting thousands of miles from the ocean, rocks slowly travel down rivers and streams, constantly breaking down along the way. Once they make it to the ocean, they further erode from the constant action of waves and tides.
10. verb The Moon’s surface is much better preserved than Earth’s since it has no wind, storms and other geologic processes that can erode its surface.
11. verb Capitalism tends to erode the moral foundations on which it was built.
12. verb This will erode our credibility.
13. verb This will erode his credibility if it is made more widely known.
14. verb By helping an insect out of difficulty, I do nothing more than try to erode a little of the never-ending human guilt towards creation.
15. verb Often starting thousands of miles from the ocean, rocks slowly travel down rivers and streams, constantly breaking down along the way. Once they make it to the ocean, they further erode from the constant action of waves and tides.
Sentence  
verb
The number of minority seats in the Lower House is rapidly eroding.
Sand forms when rocks break down from weathering and eroding over thousands and even millions of years.
Civita, which dates back to Etruscan times and is perched on a small plateau of progressively eroding volcanic stone, will likely be visited this year by 800,000 tourists — a large number of them Chinese.
When they established the new republic, America’s Founding Fathers envisioned a country with deep community foundations. But as fewer Americans know their neighbors, that sense of community might be eroding.
Capitalism tends to erode the moral foundations on which it was built.
This will erode our credibility.
This will erode his credibility if it is made more widely known.
By helping an insect out of difficulty, I do nothing more than try to erode a little of the never-ending human guilt towards creation.
Often starting thousands of miles from the ocean, rocks slowly travel down rivers and streams, constantly breaking down along the way. Once they make it to the ocean, they further erode from the constant action of waves and tides.
The Moon’s surface is much better preserved than Earth’s since it has no wind, storms and other geologic processes that can erode its surface.
Capitalism tends to erode the moral foundations on which it was built.
This will erode our credibility.
This will erode his credibility if it is made more widely known.
By helping an insect out of difficulty, I do nothing more than try to erode a little of the never-ending human guilt towards creation.
Often starting thousands of miles from the ocean, rocks slowly travel down rivers and streams, constantly breaking down along the way. Once they make it to the ocean, they further erode from the constant action of waves and tides.

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