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Definition of decay

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Decay (n.) 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..

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Preservative :: Preservative (a.) Having the power or quality of preserving; tending to preserve, or to keep from injury, decay, etc..

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

Blight :: Blight (n.) Mildew; decay; anything nipping or blasting; -- applied as a general name to various injuries or diseases of plants, causing the whole or a part to wither, whether occasioned by insects, fungi, or atmospheric influences..

Creosote :: Creosote (v. t.) To saturate or impregnate with creosote, as timber, for the prevention of decay..

Manure :: Manure (n.) Any matter which makes land productive; a fertilizing substance, as the contents of stables and barnyards, dung, decaying animal or vegetable substances, etc..

Putrefy :: Putrefy (v. i.) To become putrid; to decay offensively; to rot.

Decayed :: Decayed (imp. & p. p.) of Deca.

Corruptible :: Corruptible (n.) That which may decay and perish; the human body.

Decay :: Decay (n.) Destruction; death.

Putrefaction :: Putrefaction (n.) The act or the process of putrefying; the offensive decay of albuminous or other matter.

Decompose :: Decompose (v. i.) To become resolved or returned from existing combinations; to undergo dissolution; to decay; to rot.

Dilapidation :: Dilapidation (n.) The pulling down of a building, or suffering it to fall or be in a state of decay..

Wastage :: Wastage (n.) Loss by use, decay, evaporation, leakage, or the like; waste..

Dilapidate :: Dilapidate (v. i.) To get out of repair; to fall into partial ruin; to become decayed; as, the church was suffered to dilapidate..

Relic :: Relic (n.) That which remains; that which is left after loss or decay; a remaining portion; a remnant.

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

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..

Fail :: Fail (v. i.) To fall away; to become diminished; to decline; to decay; to sink.

Conservatory :: Conservatory (n.) A place for preserving anything from loss, decay, waste, or injury; particulary, a greenhouse for preserving exotic or tender plants..

Senescence :: Senescence (n.) The state of growing old; decay by time.