UrsprungFrom Old Swedish frǣta, from Middle Low German vreten (“to eat savagely, stuff”), from Old Saxon fretan.
- corrode, to chemically damage or destroy a material with which the substance has come into contact
“Titta nu hur syran fräter sönder materialet.” — See how the acid corrodes the material.
- have the ability to damage or destroy, corrode, a material it come into contact with (of acid or base)
“Koncentrerad saltsyra kan fräta sönder nästan allt.” — Concentrated hydrochloric acid can corrode almost anything.
Formerfräter(present) · frätte(preterite) · frätt(supine) · frät(imperative) · fräta(active, infinitive) · frätas(infinitive, passive) · frätt(active, supine) · frätts(passive, supine) · frät(active, imperative) · -(imperative, passive) · fräten(active, archaic, error-unrecognized-form) · -(archaic, error-unrecognized-form, passive) · fräter(active, indicative, present) · frätte(active, indicative, past) · fräts(indicative, passive, present) · frätes(indicative, passive, present) · frättes(indicative, passive, past) · fräta(active, archaic, error-unrecognized-form, present) · frätte(active, archaic, error-unrecognized-form, past) · frätas(archaic, error-unrecognized-form, passive, present)