Decay

What do we mean by decay?

To break down into component parts; rot. intransitive verb

To disintegrate in a process of radioactive decay or particle decay. intransitive verb

To decrease gradually in magnitude. Used of voltage or current. intransitive verb

To decrease in orbit. Used of an artificial satellite. intransitive verb

To fall into ruin. intransitive verb

To decline in health or vigor; waste away. intransitive verb

To decline from a state of normality, excellence, or prosperity; deteriorate. intransitive verb

To cause to decay. intransitive verb

The destruction or decomposition of organic matter as a result of bacterial or fungal action; rot. noun

Rotted matter. noun

The decrease in orbital altitude of an artificial satellite as a result of conditions such as atmospheric drag. noun

A gradual deterioration to an inferior state. noun

A falling into ruin. noun

To pass gradually from a sound or perfect state to a less perfect state, or toward weakness or dissolution; fall into an inferior condition or state; specifically, become decomposed or corrupted; rot.

Synonyms Putrefy, Corrupt, etc. See rot.

To cause to become unsound or impaired; cause to deteriorate; impair; bring to a worse state.

The process or result of being gradually decomposed.

A deterioration of condition; loss of status or fortune.

1. To rot: To decompose and become soft, crumbly, or liquefied, or make something do this. 2. To decline in quality gradually and steadily, or make something do this. 3. To undergo spontaneous disintegration. 4. To decrease gradually in magnitude. 5. To decrease gradually in altitude. Urban Dictionary

Noun 1 : a gradual decline in strength, soundness, or prosperity or in degree of excellence or perfection 2 : a wasting or wearing away : RUIN, ROT Verb 1 : to decline from a sound or prosperous condition 3 : to fall into ruin Other 1 : One of my nicknames; brought on from the phonetic spelling of my initials, DK. Urban Dictionary

What a person has when they feel that not only don't they have to tell the truth, but that the truth doesn't even matter. Urban Dictionary

"Warning, Agent on your team is down." "Warning, Agent on your team is down." "Warning, Agent on your team is down." "Warning, Agent on your team is down." Game where u literally suffer from enemies and other shit Urban Dictionary

The state of a city and it's culture when it's population is too great and the subsequent infrastructural/behavioral problems that are associated with excess become obvious. Social decay occurs and can be seen on both the physical level of everyday life in a city (abandoned buildings, vacant collapsing houses, streets in poor condition, etc) and on the emotional state of it's inhabitants (narcissism, social anxiety, paranoia, etc). Typically people are generalized into a vast and generic group called "strangers" and these strangers are often ignored completely (by other strangers) in order to keep the city running efficiently and problems associated with poor behavior suppressed. The only time strangers interact with each other is when one stranger offers another stranger a service or something that the other stranger needs or wants. Urban Dictionary

The condition which occurs at a cable network when idiotic executives decide to change its direction. This is usually done as a money-grabbing attempt when ratings are lower than expected. Urban Dictionary

The risk of rapid deterioration in the quality of the Urban Dictionary, due to the inclusion of moronic idioms and expressions. Urban Dictionary

When a girl that is a solid 8 slowly becomes less attractive due to an excessive use of drugs. This process usually begins in middle school and starts with weed as the girl ages she becomes more open to harder drugs. Eventually after year of abuses many girls will begin: to have excessive tattoos, and piercings, acquire a bad taste for music and cloths, dye their hair unusual colors, develop unusual facial features, and become extremely skinny. The process of weedioactive decay is complete in 3 ways 1 your younger sister become hotter than you, 2 you resemble a crack addict 3, you resemble a vampire Urban Dictionary

The progressive decay of a man's nuts due to the existence of a wife and kids. Nut decay is typically based on a half-life theorem or progressive exponential decay. A man will on average lose 50% of their nuts due to a women joining their life and half their remaining nuts with each child. Urban Dictionary

A type of decay that causes a person to age backwards. This was first discovered By Benjamin K. In the second grade. There are only 5 known cases of Barry Decay in the world. This was first discovered on a man named Barry Anshutz, while being experimented on my Benjamin K. This is still a mystery on why and when this happened but the lead and most intelligent scientist in the world Benjamin K. is studiying it now. Urban Dictionary

Words that are spelled similarly to decay:
decay, delay, decry, decal, decoy, decaf, denay, deca, decad, deca-, decan, deray, decap, decat, demay, decas.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word decay:
nuclide, isotopes, positron, muon, mev, neutrino, caries, isotope, thorium, fission, radon, radium, neutron, protons, radioactive, kev, proton, emitting, emission, nuclei, radioactivity, quark, decaying, electron, fluoride, exponentially, emitted, beta, gamma, photon, exponential, nucleus, rot, spontaneous, uranium, mrna, particle, particles, alpha, excited, energies, tooth, fungi, atomic, unstable, atoms, reactor, electrons, heavier, stable, atom, modes, radiation, rays, cosmic, dental, chains, undergo, nuclear, mode, teeth, capture, heat, quantum, element, bacteria, constant, abundant, lighter, weak, observed, products, chain, lifetime, momentum, spin, energy, predicted, interaction, naturally, measured, experiment, mass, occurring, processes, ruins, probability, neutral, rate, elements, rates, stability, atmosphere, equation, reaction, product, organic, oxygen, parent, ratio.

Words that rhyme with decay:
day, away, way, lay, play, bay, say, resume, grey, pay, convey, gray, relay, array, cache, survey, ray, sway, slay, display, dismay, may, stay, delay, holiday, fray, re, gay, cliche, waylay, dossier, buffet, cafe, essay, fiance, gourmet, everyday, allay, leeway, prey, clay, fillet, inlay, k, fey, overlay, melee, gainsay, betray, stray, ok, quay, dna, underway, valet, portray, spray, sobriquet, weigh, entree, soiree, pray, asea, passe, yea, sunday, they, bouquet, protege, okay, yay, jay, astray, lei, latte, halfway, gateway, ballet, heyday, tray, friday, hay, obey, j, bray, anyway, x-ray, disarray, lingerie, railway, nay, mainstay, today, repay, sachet, splay, usa, birthday, vertebrae, hey.

Adjectives that are often used to describe decay:
exponential, moral, rapid, gradual, slow, dental, natural, urban, physical, general, social, premature, radioactive, internal, senile, spontaneous, free, subsequent, economic, further, complete, beta, inevitable, mental, nuclear, spiritual, double, radiative, environmental, progressive, organic, final, cultural, incipient, utter, initial, bacterial, partial, inner, intellectual, extensive, slower, swift, universal, phonetic, fungal, advanced, fast, weak, institutional, sad, steady, quick, biological, ultimate, nonradiative, speedy, eventual, mediated, faster, consequent, observed, recurrent, apparent, linear, inward, soft, temporal, continual.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective decay:
scheme, time, rate, curve, times, schemes, theory, fungi, heat, sets, resistance, constants, mode, organisms, product, bacteria, chains, ratio, analysis, series, constant, correction, factor, curves, period, measurements, chain, results, length, control, coefficient, diagram, removal, accelerating, energy, probability, processes, losses, modes, corrections, events, laws, pockets, verb, distance, characteristics, noun, distribution, parameter, resistant, increases, traces, counting, associated, mechanism, theories, experiments, proceeds, amplitude, release, death, graph, prevention, periods, instability, spectra, menianus.

Consonant match to decay:
deco, dicky, decoy, dicker, ducky, dickey, decker, docker, deka-, dekko, dk, dokey, dhaka, dickie, dacca, decca, dachau, ducker, deque, deca-, duckie, dykey, dekker, durkee, duca, dayco, duker, d ca, d co, d k, d key, da ca, da chi, da ka, dai co, day co, de kay, dec a, dec high, dec i, deck a, deck he, deck her, deck high, deck i, decou, dekay, des key, di ca, di chi, di k, dijker, dike a, do co, doc a, doc e, doc he, doc i, doc who, docie, dock a, dock co, dock he, dock her, dock i, dock who, du quai, duc co, duck a, duck he, duck her, duck i, duck key, due co, duecker, dueker, duke a, duke he, duke her, duke ho, duke o, dyco, dyke a, dyke who.

Words that sound like decay:
decay, deka-, decoy, ducky, duckie, dk, duche, dukka, duguay, dicky, deco, deca, dickie, dickey, decca, dico, deka, dekko, deca-, duck, ducks, duct, ducked, decayed, dookie, decays, dokey, duc, duk, dux, dhaka, dka, dachau, dica, duca, doco, duka, dika, dekes, dacca, duco, dykey, daca, dki, daku, dokha, doko, dicho, dayco, daki, decayer, ducs, diko, doca, daco, daiki, deked, dacko, diku, dukw, tucky, tukey, tuckey, tokay, takei, tuku, tockay, toquet, dick, deck, decade, dicks, decks, dex, decked, dic, dict, digga, dich, dec, dik, deke, dek, dicked, dicke, dics, decs, diga, degu, dect, dech, dicht, decke, deq, decane, dicc, dick's, dicte, decc, deque.