Overview of verb decay

The verb decay has 3 senses

• disintegrate, decay, decompose -- (lose a stored charge, magnetic flux, or current; "the particles disintegrated during the nuclear fission process")


• decay, crumble, dilapidate -- (fall into decay or ruin; "The unoccupied house started to decay")


• decay -- (undergo decay or decomposition; "The body started to decay and needed to be cremated")

Overview of adj decayed

The adj decayed has 1 sense

• decayed, rotten, rotted -- (damaged by decay; hence unsound and useless; "rotten floor boards"; "rotted beams"; "a decayed foundation")