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English to English noun
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the process of gradually becoming inferior |  | source: wordnet30
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a gradual decrease; as of stored charge or current | | source: wordnet30
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the organic phenomenon of rotting | | source: wordnet30
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an inferior state resulting from the process of decaying | | Example: the corpse was in an advanced state of decay
the house had fallen into a serious state of decay and disrepair
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the spontaneous disintegration of a radioactive substance along with the emission of ionizing radiation | | source: wordnet30
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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. | | source: webster1913 verb
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lose a stored charge, magnetic flux, or current | | Example: the particles disintegrated during the nuclear fission process
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fall into decay or ruin | | Example: The unoccupied house started to decay
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undergo decay or decomposition | | Example: The body started to decay and needed to be cremated
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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. | | source: webster1913
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To cause to decay; to impair. | | source: webster1913
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