Definitions of decay
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To
decline,
waste,
or
wither
away.
-
To
affect
or
be
affected
by
decay;
impair;
deteriorate;
decline.
-
To
rot;
decline
or
fail.
-
To
fall
away
from
a
state
of
health
or
excellence:
to
waste
away.
-
To
waste
away;
become
decomposed.
-
fall
into
decay
or
ruin; "
The
unoccupied
house
started
to
decay"
-
To
become
less
perfect;
to
fail;
to
decline;
to
waste
away.
-
Decaying.
-
the
organic
phenomenon
of
rotting
-
the
process
of
gradually
becoming
inferior
-
the
spontaneous
disintegration
of
a
radioactive
substance
along
with
the
emission
of
ionizing
radiation
-
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"
-
undergo
decay
or
decomposition; "
The
body
started
to
decay
and
needed
to
be
cremated"
-
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.
-
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.
-
Cause
of
decay.
-
Decline;
gradual
failure
in
mind
or
body;
ruin;
rottenness;
corruption.
-
A
falling
into
a
worse
or
less
perfect
state:
a
passing
away.
-
Decline;
waste;
decomposition.
-
A
gradual
decline;
decomposition;
corruption;
rottenness.
-
Gradual
failure
or
decline
towards
dissolution
or
extinction.
-
A
gradual
failure;
decline
of
fortune;
corruption.
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