decayed
Meaning of decayed
verb
- 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.
- Having undergone decay, rotted.
The decayed remains of the pilot's shirt showed where the plane had been shot down.
- Reduced in circumstances; having lost one's status or fortune.
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Hyphenation of decayed
de-cayed
- It consists of 2 syllables and 7 chars.
- decayed is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
decayed synonyms
Meaning rotten:
Words that rhyme with decayed
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