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Definition of decay

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Decay (v. i.) 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..

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Toft :: Toft (n.) A place where a messuage has once stood; the site of a burnt or decayed house.

Kyanize :: Kyanize (v. t.) To render (wood) proof against decay by saturating with a solution of corrosive sublimate in open tanks, or under pressure..

Spacelate :: Spacelate (v. i.) To die, decay, or become gangrenous, as flesh or bone; to mortify..

Saprophyte :: Saprophyte (n.) Any plant growing on decayed animal or vegetable matter, as most fungi and some flowering plants with no green color, as the Indian pipe..

Rot :: Rot (n.) Process of rotting; decay; putrefaction.

Twaddle :: Twaddle (v. i. & t.) To talk in a weak and silly manner, like one whose faculties are decayed; to prate; to prattle..

Sound :: Sound (superl.) Whole; unbroken; unharmed; free from flaw, defect, or decay; perfect of the kind; as, sound timber; sound fruit; a sound tooth; a sound ship..

Perishableness :: Perishableness (n.) The quality or state of being perishable; liability to decay or destruction.

Decayer :: Decayer (n.) A causer of decay.

Blet :: Blet (n.) A form of decay in fruit which is overripe.

Xylophilan :: Xylophilan (n.) One of a tribe of beetles (Xylophili) whose larvae live on decayed wood.

Sink :: Sink (v. i.) To be overwhelmed or depressed; to fall slowly, as so the ground, from weakness or from an overburden; to fail in strength; to decline; to decay; to decrease..

Repair :: Repair (v. t.) To restore to a sound or good state after decay, injury, dilapidation, or partial destruction; to renew; to restore; to mend; as, to repair a house, a road, a shoe, or a ship; to repair a shattered fortune..

Bletting :: Bletting (n.) A form of decay seen in fleshy, overripe fruit..

Spoil :: Spoil (v. i.) To lose the valuable qualities; to be corrupted; to decay; as, fruit will soon spoil in warm weather..

Failure :: Failure (n.) Decay, or defect from decay; deterioration; as, the failure of memory or of sight..

Decay :: Decay (v. i.) 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..

Decadent :: Decadent (a.) Decaying; deteriorating.

Deaf :: Deaf (a.) Decayed; tasteless; dead; as, a deaf nut; deaf corn..

Druxy :: Druxy (a.) Having decayed spots or streaks of a whitish color; -- said of timber.