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English noun: decay | |||
| 1. | decay (process) the process of gradually becoming inferior | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | action, activity, natural action, natural process | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | caries, cavity, corruption, decomposition, dental caries, dilapidation, putrefaction, rot, rotting, ruin, spoilage, spoiling, tooth decay | ||
| 2. | decay (process) a gradual decrease; as of stored charge or current | ||
| Synonyms | decline | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | decrease, decrement | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | exponential decay, exponential return | ||
| 3. | decay (phenomenon) the organic phenomenon of rotting | ||
| Synonyms | decomposition | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | organic phenomenon | ||
| 4. | decay (state) an inferior state resulting from the process of decaying | ||
| Samples | The corpse was in an advanced state of decay. The house had fallen into a serious state of decay and disrepair. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | unsoundness | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | decomposition, deterioration, disintegration, impairment, putrefaction, rancidity, rot | ||
| 5. | decay (process) the spontaneous disintegration of a radioactive substance along with the emission of ionizing radiation | ||
| Synonyms | disintegration, radioactive decay | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | nuclear reaction | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | alpha decay, beta decay | ||
English verb: decay | |||
| 1. | decay (change) lose a stored charge, magnetic flux, or current | ||
| Samples | The particles disintegrated during the nuclear fission process. | ||
| Synonyms | decompose, disintegrate | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | change integrity | ||
| Verb group | disintegrate | ||
| Domain category | natural philosophy, physics | ||
| 2. | decay (change) fall into decay or ruin | ||
| Samples | The unoccupied house started to decay. | ||
| Synonyms | crumble, dilapidate | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s. Somebody ----s | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | change | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | break, bust, corrode, deteriorate, droop, eat at, erode, fall apart, gnaw, gnaw at, ruin, rust, wear, wear away, wear out, weather, wilt | ||
| 3. | decay (change) undergo decay or decomposition | ||
| Samples | The body started to decay and needed to be cremated. | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | change | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | decompose, deliquesce, go bad, molder, moulder, putrefy, rot, spoil | ||
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