"decompose" meaning in All languages combined

See decompose on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

IPA: /ˌdiːkəmˈpəʊz/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-decompose.wav [UK] Forms: decompose [canonical], decomposes [third-person, singular], decomposed [past], decomposed [past, participle], decomposing [present, participle]
enPR: dē"kəm-pōz' Etymology: de- + compose Etymology templates: {{ety-prefix|de|compose}} de- + compose Head templates: {{verb|decompos|e}} [POS TABLE]
  1. If something decomposes it changes back into what it was made from. The things it was made from separate from each other. This things are most often chemicals.
    Sense id: simple-decompose-en-verb-ga3MAeMJ
  2. If you decompose something you separate the things it was made from. You change it back into those things.
    Sense id: simple-decompose-en-verb-AhjTMZVb
  3. If something decomposes it rots.
    Sense id: simple-decompose-en-verb-tIKqAM-e
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
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