decay

Meaning of decay

noun
  1. The process or result of being gradually decomposed.
  2. A deterioration of condition; loss of status or fortune.
verb
  1. 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.
  2. (of organic material) To rot, to go bad.
    The cat's body decayed rapidly.
  3. (of an unstable atom) To change by undergoing fission, by emitting radiation, or by capturing or losing one or more electrons.
  4. (of a quantum system) To undergo optical decay, that is, to relax to a less excited state, usually by emitting a photon or phonon.
  5. Loss of airspeed due to drag.
  6. 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:

decline

Meaning decomposition:

decomposition

Meaning radioactive decay:

disintegration

Meaning disintegrate:

disintegrate, decompose

Meaning crumble:

crumble, delapidate

Translation of decay

Anagrams of decay

acedy, Dacey

Words that rhyme with decay

Decay, predecay, redecay, semidecay

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