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 Definitions of Decay  [ɪˈkeɪ]  

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Definition of 'Decay' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (v.i.) decay
to become decomposed; rot.

2.  decay
to decline in health, prosperity, etc.; deteriorate.

3.  decay
(of an atomic nucleus) to undergo radioactive disintegration.

4. (v.t.) decay
to cause to decompose; rot.

5. (n.) decay
decomposition; rot.

6.  decay
a gradual and progressive decline.

7.  decay
the spontaneous radioactive transformation of a nucleus or particle into one or more different nuclei or particles.

8.  decay
progressive change in the path of an earth-orbiting satellite due to atmospheric drag.

Etymology:  (1425–75; < ONF decair=de-de - +cair to fall &indirdesc; L cadere)

Definition of 'Decay' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) decay
the process of gradually becoming inferior

2. (noun) decay, decline
a gradual decrease; as of stored charge or current

3. (noun) decay, decomposition
the organic phenomenon of rotting

4. (noun) decay
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"

5. (verb) decay, radioactive decay, disintegration
the spontaneous disintegration of a radioactive substance along with the emission of ionizing radiation

6. (verb) disintegrate, decay, decompose
lose a stored charge, magnetic flux, or current
"the particles disintegrated during the nuclear fission process"

7. (verb) decay, crumble, dilapidate
fall into decay or ruin
"The unoccupied house started to decay"

8. (verb) decay
undergo decay or decomposition
"The body started to decay and needed to be cremated"


Definition of 'Decay' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (verb) decay
to break down or cause to break down by natural processes; = rot
as the body decays; Sugar decays your teeth.

2.  decay
to become gradually worse
neighborhoods decaying as the years pass; to watch standards decay.


Definition of 'Decay' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) 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

2. (noun) Decay
destruction; death

3. (noun) Decay
cause of decay

4. (verb) Decay
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

5. (verb) Decay
to cause to decay; to impair

6. (verb) Decay
to destroy


Definitions of 'Decay' The New Hacker's Dictionary 

1.  Decay
[from nuclear physics] An automatic conversion which is applied to most array-valued expressions in C; they ‘decay into’ pointer-valued expressions pointing to the array's first element. This term is borderline techspeak, but is not used in the official standard for the language.


Translation of 'Decay' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: to (cause to) become rotten or ruined
Sugar makes your teeth decay.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: verrot, vrot Arabic flag Arabic: يَنْخُر، يَتَسَوَّس Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: гния
Brazilian flag Brazilian: apodrecer Czech flag Czech: kazit se German flag German: verderben
Danish flag Danish: rådne Greek flag Greek: σαπίζω Spanish flag Spanish: pudrirse, cariarse, deter
Estonian flag Estonian: lagunema panema, mädanema Farsi flag Farsi: فاسد کردن؛ خراب کردن Finnish flag Finnish: mädäntyä
French flag French: (faire) pourrir Hebrew flag Hebrew: לְהִירָקֵב @@@לְהִירָקֵב$ Hindi flag Hindi: सड़ना, बिगड़ना, घटना, मुर
Croatian flag Croatian: propadati, trunuti Hungarian flag Hungarian: romlik, szuvasodik Indonesian flag Indonesian: membusuk
Icelandic flag Icelandic: rotna, skemmast Italian flag Italian: deteriorare; cariarsi Japanese flag Japanese: 腐る
Korean flag Korean: 썩다 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: gesti, pūti Latvian flag Latvian: pūt; trūdēt; sairt
Malay flag Malay: reput Dutch flag Dutch: bederven Norwegian flag Norwegian: forfalle, råtne
Polish flag Polish: gnić, psuć się Persian flag Persian: فاسد کردن؛ خراب کردن Pashto flag Pashto: خرابولی
Portuguese flag Portuguese: apodrecer Romanian flag Romanian: a (se) strica; a decădea Russian flag Russian: гнить
Slovak flag Slovak: kaziť sa Slovenian flag Slovenian: gniti Serbian flag Serbian: kvariti
Swedish flag Swedish: förfalla, förstöra[s], ru Thai flag Thai: เสื่อมลง Turkish flag Turkish: çürümek
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 使枯朽,使衰退 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: гнити; псуватися Urdu flag Urdu: گلنا یا گلانا ، سڑنا یا س
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: mục nát; sâu răng Chinese flag Chinese: 使朽枯,使衰退

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