decayed
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/dɪˈkeɪd/
English
Definitions
verb
- 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.”
- (of organic material) To rot, to go bad.“The cat's body decayed rapidly.”
- (of an unstable atom) To change by undergoing fission, by emitting radiation, or by capturing or losing one or more electrons.
- (of a quantum system) To undergo optical decay, that is, to relax to a less excited state, usually by emitting a photon or phonon.
adjective
- Having undergone decay, rotted.“The decayed remains of the pilot's shirt showed where the plane had been shot down.”
- Reduced in circumstances; having lost one's status or fortune.
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rottedrottenunsounddamagedlamedegradederodedcrappylousydeprecateddecadentcontestedsettledstrippedcorruptpatterned