See decay on Wiktionary
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"physics",
"physics"
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"(intransitive) To deteriorate, to get worse, to lose strength or health, to decline in quality.",
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{
"text": "The pair loved to take pictures in the decaying hospital on forty-third street."
}
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"(intransitive) To deteriorate, to get worse, to lose strength or health, to decline in quality."
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"To rot, to go bad."
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"rot"
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"ref": "2005, Encyclopedia of Earth Science, edited by Timothy M. Kusky, →ISBN, page 349:",
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"physical-sciences",
"physics"
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"aviation"
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"airspeed"
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[
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"drag"
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"aerospace",
"aviation",
"business",
"engineering",
"natural-sciences",
"physical-sciences"
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"text": "The extreme humidity decayed the wooden sculptures in the museum's collection in a matter of years.",
"type": "example"
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{
"ref": "c. 1601–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Twelfe Night, or What You Will”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene v]:",
"text": "Infirmity, that decays the wise.",
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"To cause to rot or deteriorate."
],
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"cause"
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[
"rot",
"rot"
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[
"deteriorate",
"deteriorate"
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"(transitive) To cause to rot or deteriorate."
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"en:Programming"
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"Of an array: to lose its type and dimensions and be reduced to a pointer, for example when passed to a function."
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"engineering",
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"ipa": "/dɪˈkeɪ/",
"tags": [
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"enpr": "dē-kāʹ",
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"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"sense": "to deteriorate",
"word": "اضمحل"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"sense": "to deteriorate",
"word": "تضعضع"
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{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "pʻčʻanal",
"sense": "to deteriorate",
"word": "փչանալ"
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{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "razlagam se",
"sense": "to deteriorate",
"word": "разлагам се"
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{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "razvaljam se",
"sense": "to deteriorate",
"word": "развалям се"
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{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to deteriorate",
"word": "deteriorar-se"
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{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to deteriorate",
"word": "fer-se malbé"
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"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to deteriorate",
"word": "rozkládat se"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "to deteriorate",
"word": "brydes ned"
},
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"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "to deteriorate",
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"sense": "to deteriorate",
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"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to deteriorate",
"word": "vervallen"
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"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to deteriorate",
"word": "in verval raken"
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{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to deteriorate",
"word": "verloederen"
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to deteriorate",
"word": "heikentyä"
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to deteriorate",
"word": "rapautua"
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{
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"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to deteriorate",
"word": "rappeutua"
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to deteriorate",
"word": "heiketä"
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{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to deteriorate",
"word": "pourrir"
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{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "puč̣deba",
"sense": "to deteriorate",
"word": "ფუჭდება"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to deteriorate",
"word": "verfallen"
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{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to deteriorate",
"word": "verderben"
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{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to deteriorate",
"word": "elpusztul"
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{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to deteriorate",
"word": "tönkremegy"
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{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "to deteriorate",
"word": "meath"
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{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "to deteriorate",
"word": "meathlaigh"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "bupaehada",
"sense": "to deteriorate",
"word": "부패하다"
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{
"code": "ml",
"lang": "Malayalam",
"roman": "jīṟṇṇikkuka",
"sense": "to deteriorate",
"word": "ജീർണ്ണിക്കുക"
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{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to deteriorate",
"word": "taimate"
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{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to deteriorate",
"word": "koropungapunga"
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{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "tabâhidan",
"sense": "to deteriorate",
"word": "تباهیدن"
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{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "vâpâšidan",
"sense": "to deteriorate",
"word": "واپاشیدن"
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{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to deteriorate",
"word": "decompor-se"
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{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to deteriorate",
"word": "deteriorar"
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"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to deteriorate",
"word": "descompune"
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{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "pórtitʹsja",
"sense": "to deteriorate",
"word": "по́ртиться"
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{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "uxudšátʹsja",
"sense": "to deteriorate",
"word": "ухудша́ться"
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{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to deteriorate",
"word": "deteriorarse"
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{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to deteriorate",
"word": "mattas"
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{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to deteriorate",
"word": "försämras"
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{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to deteriorate",
"word": "förfalla"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to deteriorate",
"word": "tackla av"
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{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
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"word": "fenalaşmak"
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{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "To change by undergoing fission, by emitting radiation, or by capturing or losing one or more electrons.",
"word": "desintegrar-se"
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{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "To change by undergoing fission, by emitting radiation, or by capturing or losing one or more electrons.",
"word": "se désintégrer"
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{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "raspadátʹsja",
"sense": "To change by undergoing fission, by emitting radiation, or by capturing or losing one or more electrons.",
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"imperfective"
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"sense": "To change by undergoing fission, by emitting radiation, or by capturing or losing one or more electrons.",
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"perfective"
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"roman": "rozpadátysja",
"sense": "To change by undergoing fission, by emitting radiation, or by capturing or losing one or more electrons.",
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"imperfective"
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"word": "розпада́тися"
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