decays

Meaning of decays

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 decays

  • It is a verb.
  • The singular form of decays is: decay.
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Hyphenation of decays

de-cays

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 6 chars.
  • decays is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

Words that rhyme with decays

cays

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