Brazil is the largest coffee producer in the world. Each year Brazil exports more than 44 million bags of coffee. Vietnam follows at exporting over 27 million bags each year.
ERODE
erode, eat away, fret
(verb) remove soil or rock; “Rain eroded the terraces”
erode, gnaw, gnaw at, eat at, wear away
(verb) become ground down or deteriorate; “Her confidence eroded”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
erode (third-person singular simple present erodes, present participle eroding, simple past and past participle eroded)
To wear away by abrasion, corrosion or chemical reaction.
(figurative) To destroy gradually by an ongoing process.
Anagrams
• doree
Source: Wiktionary
E*rode", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Eroded; p. pr. & vb. n. Eroding.] Etym: [L. erodere, erosum; e out + rodere to gnaw. See Rodent.]
Definition: 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: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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