"putrefy" meaning in English

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      "form": "putrefies",
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        "To fester or rot and exude a fetid stench."
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          "roman": "tuxnuty",
          "sense": "to fester or rot and exude a fetid stench",
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          "word": "тухнути"
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        "To become filled with a pus-like or bile-like substance."
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          "roman": "gnija",
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          "sense": "become filled with a pus-like or bile-like substance",
          "word": "whakaero"
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          "roman": "hnojitysja",
          "sense": "become filled with a pus-like or bile-like substance",
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          "word": "гноїтися"
        },
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          "roman": "zahnojuvatysja",
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          "roman": "razlagam se",
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          "sense": "to reach an advanced stage of decomposition",
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          "sense": "to reach an advanced stage of decomposition",
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          "sense": "to reach an advanced stage of decomposition",
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          "sense": "to reach an advanced stage of decomposition",
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          "lang_code": "mi",
          "sense": "to reach an advanced stage of decomposition",
          "word": "whakapirau"
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          "code": "ta",
          "lang": "Tamil",
          "lang_code": "ta",
          "roman": "aḻuku",
          "sense": "to reach an advanced stage of decomposition",
          "word": "அழுகு"
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          "lang_code": "uk",
          "roman": "hnyty",
          "sense": "to reach an advanced stage of decomposition",
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          "word": "гнити"
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          "lang_code": "uk",
          "roman": "zhnyvaty",
          "sense": "to reach an advanced stage of decomposition",
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          "word": "згнивати"
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      "glosses": [
        "To become gangrenous."
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          "roman": "gangrenjasvam",
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      "lang": "Maori",
      "lang_code": "mi",
      "sense": "to reach an advanced stage of decomposition",
      "word": "whakapirau"
    },
    {
      "code": "ta",
      "lang": "Tamil",
      "lang_code": "ta",
      "roman": "aḻuku",
      "sense": "to reach an advanced stage of decomposition",
      "word": "அழுகு"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "lang_code": "uk",
      "roman": "hnyty",
      "sense": "to reach an advanced stage of decomposition",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "гнити"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "lang_code": "uk",
      "roman": "zhnyvaty",
      "sense": "to reach an advanced stage of decomposition",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "згнивати"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "lang_code": "uk",
      "roman": "zhnyty",
      "sense": "to reach an advanced stage of decomposition",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "згнити"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "lang_code": "bg",
      "roman": "gangrenjasvam",
      "sense": "to become gangrenous",
      "word": "гангренясвам"
    }
  ],
  "word": "putrefy"
}