decay
Meaning of decay
noun
- The process or result of being gradually decomposed.
- A deterioration of condition; loss of status or fortune.
- To deteriorate, to get worse, to lose strength or health, to decline in quality.
The pair loved to take pictures in the decaying hospital on forty-third street.
- (of organic material) To rot, to go bad.
The cat's body decayed rapidly.
- (of an unstable atom) To change by undergoing fission, by emitting radiation, or by capturing or losing one or more electrons.
- (of a quantum system) To undergo optical decay, that is, to relax to a less excited state, usually by emitting a photon or phonon.
- Loss of airspeed due to drag.
- To cause to rot or deteriorate.
The extreme humidity decayed the wooden sculptures in the museum's collection in a matter of years.
Information about decay
- The plural form of decay is: decays.
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Hyphenation of decay
de-cay
- It consists of 2 syllables and 5 chars.
- decay is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
decay synonyms
Meaning decline:
Meaning decomposition:
Meaning radioactive decay:
Meaning disintegrate:
Meaning crumble:
Translation of decay
- German: faulen, verderben, verrotten, verfaulen, vergammeln
- French: pourrir, corruption, putréfaction, pourriture
- Italian: marcire, putrefare, putrefarsi, decomposizione, putrefazione
- Portuguese: putrefazer, putrefação
- Spanish: podrirse, pudrirse, podredumbre, putrefacción, pudrimiento
Anagrams of decay
Words that rhyme with decay
Decay, predecay, redecay, semidecay
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