decayed
/dษชหkeษชd/IPA: /D AH0 K EY1 D/
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To deteriorate, to get worse, to lose strength or health, to decline in quality.
โThe pair loved to take pictures in the decaying hospital on forty-third street.โ
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(of organic material) To rot, to go bad.
โThe cat's body decayed rapidly.โ
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(of an unstable atom) To change by undergoing fission, by emitting radiation, or by capturing or losing one or more electrons.
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(of a quantum system) To undergo optical decay, that is, to relax to a less excited state, usually by emitting a photon or phonon.
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Loss of airspeed due to drag.
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To cause to rot or deteriorate.
โThe extreme humidity decayed the wooden sculptures in the museum's collection in a matter of years.โ
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Having undergone decay, rotted.
โThe decayed remains of the pilot's shirt showed where the plane had been shot down.โ
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Reduced in circumstances; having lost one's status or fortune.
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