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Decay 1Definition: 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.
Decay 2Definition: To cause to decay; to impair. Decay 3Definition: To destroy.
Decay 4Definition: 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. Decay 5Definition: Destruction; death. Decay 6Definition: Cause of decay. decay 7Definition: the organic phenomenon of rotting decay 8Definition: a gradual decrease; as of stored charge or current decay 9Definition: the process of gradually becoming inferior decay 10Definition: the spontaneous disintegration of a radioactive substance along with the emission of ionizing radiation decay 11Definition: an inferior state resulting from the process of decaying; "the corpse was in an advanced state of decay"; "the house had fallen into a serious state of decay and disrepair" decay 12Definition: fall into decay or ruin; "The unoccupied house started to decay" decay 13Definition: lose a stored charge, magnetic flux, or current; "the particles disintegrated during the nuclear fission process" decay 14Definition: undergo decay or decomposition; "The body started to decay and needed to be cremated"
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