DECAY
\dɪkˈe͡ɪ], \dɪkˈeɪ], \d_ɪ_k_ˈeɪ]\
Definitions of DECAY
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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fall into decay or ruin; "The unoccupied house started to decay"
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the organic phenomenon of rotting
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the process of gradually becoming inferior
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the spontaneous disintegration of a radioactive substance along with the emission of ionizing radiation
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an inferior state resulting from the process of decaying; "the corpse was in an advanced state of decay"; "the house had fallen into a serious state of decay and disrepair"
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undergo decay or decomposition; "The body started to decay and needed to be cremated"
By Princeton University
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fall into decay or ruin; "The unoccupied house started to decay"
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the organic phenomenon of rotting
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the process of gradually becoming inferior
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the spontaneous disintegration of a radioactive substance along with the emission of ionizing radiation
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an inferior state resulting from the process of decaying; "the corpse was in an advanced state of decay"; "the house had fallen into a serious state of decay and disrepair"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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To pass gradually from a sound, prosperous, or perfect state, to one of imperfection, adversity, or dissolution; to waste away; to decline; to fail; to become weak, corrupt, or disintegrated; to rot; to perish; as, a tree decays; fortunes decay; hopes decay.
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Gradual failure of health, strength, soundness, prosperity, or of any species of excellence or perfection; tendency toward dissolution or extinction; corruption; rottenness; decline; deterioration; as, the decay of the body; the decay of virtue; the decay of the Roman empire; a castle in decay.
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Cause of decay.
By Oddity Software
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To pass gradually from a sound, prosperous, or perfect state, to one of imperfection, adversity, or dissolution; to waste away; to decline; to fail; to become weak, corrupt, or disintegrated; to rot; to perish; as, a tree decays; fortunes decay; hopes decay.
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Gradual failure of health, strength, soundness, prosperity, or of any species of excellence or perfection; tendency toward dissolution or extinction; corruption; rottenness; decline; deterioration; as, the decay of the body; the decay of virtue; the decay of the Roman empire; a castle in decay.
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Cause of decay.
By Noah Webster.
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To rot; decline or fail.
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Decline; gradual failure in mind or body; ruin; rottenness; corruption.
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Decaying.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Decaying.
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To become less perfect; to fail; to decline; to waste away.
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A gradual failure; decline of fortune; corruption.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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1. The destruction of an organic substance by slow combustion, or gradual oxidation. 2. Putrefaction. 3. To deteriorate, to undergo slow combustion or putrefaction.
By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop
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To fall away from a state of health or excellence: to waste away.
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A falling into a worse or less perfect state: a passing away.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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To affect or be affected by decay; impair; deteriorate; decline.
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A gradual decline; decomposition; corruption; rottenness.
By James Champlin Fernald
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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A decline of the normal condition of a substance or of the whole or a part of an organism, especially putrefactive decomposition; also the condition of having undergone such a decline; figuratively, the gradual failure of health and strength incident to old age.
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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n. Gradual failure of health, strength, soundness, prosperity, or any kind of excellence or perfection;—decline; deterioration; rottenness.
By Thomas Sheridan
