Decay

Definition:

• (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.
• (v. t.) To cause to decay; to impair.
• (v. t.) To destroy.
• (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.
• (n.) Destruction; death.
• (n.) Cause of decay.

Compare decay with other words:

cavity vs. decay

decay vs. denay

decay vs. decry

decay vs. delay

decay vs. deray

decad vs. decay

damage vs. decay

decay vs. subside

corrode vs. decay

decay vs. wreck

decay vs. stale

decay vs. entropy

decay vs. deteriorating

attenuation vs. decay

decay vs. incorruptive

decay vs. ulmin

decay vs. uncorrupt

decay vs. fordwine

decay vs. kyanize

decay vs. instauration

decay vs. incorrupt

decay vs. undecayed

decay vs. decline

crumble vs. decay

decay vs. degenerate

blight vs. decay

decay vs. destroy

decay vs. decaying

corrupt vs. decay

decay vs. decomposition

decay vs. erosion

decay vs. perish

attenuate vs. decay

decay vs. welk

decay vs. putrescence

decay vs. moulder

caries vs. decay

corruptible vs. decay

decay vs. incorruptible

decay vs. fust

decay vs. imperishable

decay vs. decayed

decay vs. perishable

decay vs. putrefaction

decay vs. molder

decay vs. degrade

decadence vs. decay

decay vs. scavenger

decadent vs. decay

decay vs. disintegrate

decay vs. putrefy

decay vs. unspoilt

corruption vs. decay

corrosion vs. decay

decay vs. erode

decay vs. dilapidation

case vs. decay

chance vs. decay

cadence vs. decay

cause vs. decay

decay vs. state

decay vs. excited

decay vs. relax

decay vs. radiation

decay vs. emit

decay vs. fission

decay vs. undergo

decay vs. rot

change vs. decay

decay vs. obsolete

decay vs. legacy

decay vs. deteriorate

decay vs. decayer

condition vs. decay

decay vs. deterioration

decay vs. result

decay vs. process

canker vs. decay

decay vs. fizzle

decay vs. fade

decay vs. decompose

decay vs. waste

decay vs. weak

crazy vs. decay

decay vs. masker

decay vs. digestion

decay vs. rotten

decay vs. spoil

decay vs. sweet

decay vs. rim