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decay
Overview of noun decay
The noun decay has 5 senses (first 3 from tagged texts)
1. (2) decay -- (the process of gradually becoming inferior)
2. (2) decay, decline -- (a gradual decrease; as of stored charge or current)
3. (1) decay, decomposition -- (the organic phenomenon of rotting)
4. decay -- (an inferior state resulting from the process of decaying; "the corpse was in an advanced state of decay"; "the house had fallen into a serious state of decay and disrepair")
5. decay, radioactive decay, disintegration -- (the spontaneous disintegration of a radioactive substance along with the emission of ionizing radiation)
Overview of verb decay
The verb decay has 3 senses (first 2 from tagged texts)
1. (3) disintegrate, decay, decompose -- (lose a stored charge, magnetic flux, or current; "the particles disintegrated during the nuclear fission process")
2. (2) decay, crumble, delapidate -- (fall into decay or ruin; "The unoccupied house started to decay")
3. decay -- (undergo decay or decomposition; "The body started to decay and needed to be cremated")
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun decay
5 senses of decay
Sense 1
decay
=> natural process, natural action, action, activity
=> process, physical process
=> physical entity
=> entity
Sense 2
decay, decline
=> decrease, decrement
=> process, physical process
=> physical entity
=> entity
Sense 3
decay, decomposition
=> organic phenomenon
=> natural phenomenon
=> phenomenon
=> process, physical process
=> physical entity
=> entity
Sense 4
decay
=> unsoundness
=> condition, status
=> state
=> attribute
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 5
decay, radioactive decay, disintegration
=> nuclear reaction
=> natural process, natural action, action, activity
=> process, physical process
=> physical entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun decay
4 of 5 senses of decay
Sense 1
decay
=> cavity, caries, dental caries, tooth decay
=> corruption
=> decomposition, rot, rotting, putrefaction
=> dilapidation, ruin
=> spoilage, spoiling
Sense 2
decay, decline
=> exponential decay, exponential return
Sense 4
decay
=> putrefaction, rot
=> decomposition, disintegration
=> deterioration, impairment
=> rancidity
Sense 5
decay, radioactive decay, disintegration
=> alpha decay
=> beta decay
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun decay
5 senses of decay
Sense 1
decay
=> natural process, natural action, action, activity
Sense 2
decay, decline
=> decrease, decrement
Sense 3
decay, decomposition
=> organic phenomenon
Sense 4
decay
=> unsoundness
Sense 5
decay, radioactive decay, disintegration
=> nuclear reaction
Antonyms of noun decay
Member Holonyms of noun decay
Substance Holonyms of noun decay
Part Holonyms of noun decay
Member Meronyms of noun decay
Substance Meronyms of noun decay
Part Meronyms of noun decay
Meronyms of noun decay
Holonyms of noun decay
Attributes of noun decay
Derived Forms of noun decay
4 of 5 senses of decay
Sense 2
decay, decline
RELATED TO>(verb) decay#1
=> disintegrate, decay, decompose
Sense 3
decay, decomposition
RELATED TO>(verb) decay#3
=> decay
RELATED TO>(verb) decay#2
=> decay, crumble, delapidate
Sense 4
decay
RELATED TO>(verb) decay#2
=> decay, crumble, delapidate
Sense 5
decay, radioactive decay, disintegration
RELATED TO>(verb) decay#1
=> disintegrate, decay, decompose
Domain of noun decay
Domain Terms of noun decay
Familiarity of noun decay
decay used as a noun is common (polysemy count =5)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun decay
5 senses of decay
Sense 1
decay
> natural process, natural action, action, activity
=> radiation
=> absorption
=> acidification
=> adiabatic process
=> aeration
=> antiredeposition
=> capture
=> capture
=> centrifugation
=> chemical process, chemical change, chemical action
=> chromatography
=> concretion
=> condensation
=> convection
=> curdling, clotting, coagulation
=> decay
=> demagnetization, demagnetisation
=> desorption
=> diffusion
=> dissolution, disintegration
=> distillation, distillment
=> drift
=> effervescence
=> electrophoresis, cataphoresis, dielectrolysis, ionophoresis
=> establishment, ecesis
=> extinction
=> extraction
=> feedback
=> filtration
=> flocculation
=> flow
=> formation
=> fossilization, fossilisation
=> geological process, geologic process
=> hardening, solidifying, solidification, set, curing
=> inactivation
=> ion exchange
=> ionization, ionisation
=> leach, leaching
=> magnetization, magnetisation, magnetic induction
=> materialization, materialisation
=> nuclear reaction
=> opacification
=> oscillation
=> oxygenation
=> pair production, pair creation, pair formation
=> phase change, phase transition, state change, physical change
=> precession of the equinoxes
=> release
=> saltation
=> scattering
=> sericulture
=> sink
=> soak, soakage, soaking
=> softening
=> sorption
=> source
=> stiffening, rigidifying, rigidification
=> stimulation
=> succession, ecological succession
=> survival, survival of the fittest, natural selection, selection
=> synergy, synergism
=> temperature change
=> transduction
=> transpiration
=> vitrification
Sense 2
decay, decline
> decrease, decrement
=> decay, decline
=> decline, diminution
=> desensitization, desensitisation
=> narrowing
=> slippage
=> wastage
Sense 3
decay, decomposition
> organic phenomenon
=> dominance
=> abiogenesis, autogenesis, autogeny, spontaneous generation
=> alternation of generations, heterogenesis, xenogenesis
=> annual ring, growth ring
=> bioelectricity
=> circulation
=> cyclosis, streaming
=> death
=> decay, decomposition
=> dehiscence
=> desquamation, peeling, shedding
=> exfoliation
=> diapedesis
=> facilitation
=> food chain
=> food pyramid
=> food web, food cycle
=> gene expression
=> histocompatibility
=> life
=> life cycle
=> pleomorphism
=> polymorphism
=> recognition
=> rejection
=> rejuvenation, greening
=> sex linkage
Sense 4
decay
> unsoundness
=> disrepair
=> decay
Sense 5
decay, radioactive decay, disintegration
> nuclear reaction
=> chain reaction
=> decay, radioactive decay, disintegration
=> endoergic reaction
=> exoergic reaction
=> fission, nuclear fission
=> fusion, nuclear fusion, nuclear fusion reaction
=> spallation
Meronyms of noun decay
5 senses of decay
Holonyms of noun decay
Grep of noun decay
alpha decay
beta decay
decay
exponential decay
radioactive decay
tooth decay
Antonyms of verb decay
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb decay
3 senses of decay
Sense 1
disintegrate, decay, decompose
=> change integrity
=> change
Sense 2
decay, crumble, delapidate
=> change
Sense 3
decay
=> change
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb decay
2 of 3 senses of decay
Sense 2
decay, crumble, delapidate
=> deteriorate
=> corrode, rust
=> weather
=> erode, gnaw, gnaw at, eat at, wear away
=> wilt, droop
=> ruin
=> break, wear, wear out, bust, fall apart
Sense 3
decay
=> decompose, rot, molder, moulder
=> spoil, go bad
=> putrefy
=> deliquesce
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb decay
3 senses of decay
Sense 1
disintegrate, decay, decompose
=> change integrity
Sense 2
decay, crumble, delapidate
=> change
Sense 3
decay
=> change
'Cause To' of verb decay
Derived Forms of verb decay
3 senses of decay
Sense 1
disintegrate, decay, decompose
RELATED TO>(noun) decay#5
=> decay, radioactive decay, disintegration
RELATED TO>(noun) decay#2
=> decay, decline
Sense 2
decay, crumble, delapidate
RELATED TO>(noun) decay#4
=> decay
RELATED TO>(noun) decay#3
=> decay, decomposition
RELATED TO>(noun) decadent#1
=> decadent
Sense 3
decay
RELATED TO>(noun) decay#3
=> decay, decomposition
Domain of verb decay
1 of 3 senses of decay
Sense 1
disintegrate, decay, decompose
TOPIC>(noun) physics#1, physical science#1, natural philosophy#1
Domain Terms of verb decay
Familiarity of verb decay
decay used as a verb is uncommon (polysemy count =3)
Sample Sentences of verb decay
3 senses of decay
Sense 1
disintegrate, decay, decompose
*> Something ----s
Sense 2
decay, crumble, delapidate
*> Something ----s
*> Somebody ----s
Sense 3
decay
*> Something ----s
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb decay
3 senses of decay
Sense 1
disintegrate, decay, decompose
> change integrity
=> reform
=> polymerize, polymerise
=> polymerize, polymerise
=> explode, burst
=> explode, detonate, blow up, set off
=> cook
=> break up, disperse, scatter
=> break, separate, split up, fall apart, come apart
=> pasteurize, pasteurise
=> condense
=> evaporate, vaporize, vaporise
=> burn, incinerate
=> blend, flux, mix, conflate, commingle, immix, fuse, coalesce, meld, combine, merge
=> disintegrate
=> disintegrate, decay, decompose
=> thicken, inspissate
=> gasify, vaporize, vaporise, aerify
=> liquefy, flux, liquify
=> solidify
=> solidify
=> crystallize, crystallise, crystalize, crystalise
=> dissolve, resolve, break up
=> demulsify
=> jellify, jelly
=> jellify
=> separate
=> crumble, crumple, tumble, break down, collapse
=> divide, split, split up, separate, dissever, carve up
Sense 2
decay, crumble, delapidate
> change
=> freshen, refresh, refreshen, freshen up
=> dress, get dressed
=> grow, develop, produce, get, acquire
=> regenerate
=> gel
=> brutalize, brutalise, animalize, animalise
=> convert
=> creolize
=> mutate
=> have, experience
=> decrepitate
=> suburbanize, suburbanise
=> roll, roll up
=> glaze, glass, glass over, glaze over
=> turn, grow
=> barbarize, barbarise
=> alkalinize, alkalinise
=> change by reversal, turn, reverse
=> change integrity
=> change shape, change form, deform
=> form
=> change state, turn
=> adjust, conform, adapt
=> rise, jump, climb up
=> assimilate
=> dissimilate
=> dissimilate
=> change magnitude
=> modify
=> deaden
=> break
=> decay, crumble, delapidate
=> mold, mildew
=> hydrate
=> dry, dry out
=> strengthen
=> distill, distil
=> deoxidize, deoxidise, reduce
=> crack
=> oxidize, oxidise, oxidate
=> oxidise, oxidize, oxidate
=> grow
=> mellow, melt, mellow out
=> soften
=> ionize, ionise
=> stabilize, stabilise
=> destabilize, destabilise
=> lighten, lighten up
=> discolor, discolour, colour, color
=> discolor
=> narrow, contract
=> darken
=> brighten, lighten
=> dim
=> crack, check, break
=> transpire
=> resume, take up
=> change surface
=> sublime, sublimate
=> cool, cool off, cool down
=> warm up
=> warm, warm up
=> transform, transmute, metamorphose
=> convert
=> dull
=> complexify, ramify
=> Americanize, Americanise
=> modernize, modernise, develop
=> stiffen
=> tighten
=> fail, go bad, give way, die, give out, conk out, go, break, break down
=> give way, yield
=> harden, indurate
=> harden, indurate
=> suffuse
=> hush
=> normalize, normalise
=> reorient
=> purify
=> digest
=> regress
=> foul
=> decalcify
=> industrialize, industrialise
=> decarboxylate
=> spot
=> receive, get, find, obtain, incur
=> acetylate, acetylize, acetylise
=> assume, acquire, adopt, take on, take
=> prim
=> capacitate
=> caseate
=> caseate
=> clinker
=> cure
=> dawn
=> salinate
=> desalinate, desalt, desalinize, desalinise
=> shallow, shoal
=> steepen
=> superannuate
=> ulcerate
=> vitrify
=> vulcanize, vulcanise
=> pall, dull
=> die, pall, become flat
=> saponify
=> move, go, run
=> come
=> catch
=> catch on
=> develop, grow
=> fly
=> develop, acquire, evolve
=> assibilate
=> smoothen
=> turn on
=> drop
=> break into
=> deepen, change
=> concretize, concretise
=> decay
=> commute, transpose
=> introject
=> shift
=> swing
=> fall
=> fall
=> reflate
=> hydrolyze, hydrolyse
=> fold, fold up
=> gelatinize, gelatinise
=> felt, felt up, mat up, matt-up, matte up, matte, mat
=> recombine
=> feminize, feminise
=> obsolesce
=> plasticize, plasticise
=> recede
=> defervesce
=> incandesce
=> calcify
=> drift
=> play out
=> conjugate
=> isomerize, isomerise
=> evaporate, vaporise
=> indurate
=> gradate
=> keratinize, keratinise
=> opacify
=> mature
=> rejuvenate
=> sequester
=> transaminate
=> vesiculate
=> undulate
=> vascularize, vascularise
=> crash
=> professionalize, professionalise
=> shift
=> flip, flip out
=> gum
=> synthesize
=> come round, come around
=> promote
=> separate, divide, part
=> format, arrange
=> fall for
=> move up, rise
=> change posture
=> settle
=> collapse, fall in, cave in, give, give way, break, founder
=> solarize, solarise
=> occult
=> pass
=> leave, depart, pull up stakes
=> liberalize, liberalise
=> stratify
=> democratize, democratise
=> relax, loosen
=> reticulate
=> flocculate
=> carbonate
=> come in
=> go out
=> stagnate
=> make
=> ice up, frost over, ice over
Sense 3
decay
> change
=> freshen, refresh, refreshen, freshen up
=> dress, get dressed
=> grow, develop, produce, get, acquire
=> regenerate
=> gel
=> brutalize, brutalise, animalize, animalise
=> convert
=> creolize
=> mutate
=> have, experience
=> decrepitate
=> suburbanize, suburbanise
=> roll, roll up
=> glaze, glass, glass over, glaze over
=> turn, grow
=> barbarize, barbarise
=> alkalinize, alkalinise
=> change by reversal, turn, reverse
=> change integrity
=> change shape, change form, deform
=> form
=> change state, turn
=> adjust, conform, adapt
=> rise, jump, climb up
=> assimilate
=> dissimilate
=> dissimilate
=> change magnitude
=> modify
=> deaden
=> break
=> decay, crumble, delapidate
=> mold, mildew
=> hydrate
=> dry, dry out
=> strengthen
=> distill, distil
=> deoxidize, deoxidise, reduce
=> crack
=> oxidize, oxidise, oxidate
=> oxidise, oxidize, oxidate
=> grow
=> mellow, melt, mellow out
=> soften
=> ionize, ionise
=> stabilize, stabilise
=> destabilize, destabilise
=> lighten, lighten up
=> discolor, discolour, colour, color
=> discolor
=> narrow, contract
=> darken
=> brighten, lighten
=> dim
=> crack, check, break
=> transpire
=> resume, take up
=> change surface
=> sublime, sublimate
=> cool, cool off, cool down
=> warm up
=> warm, warm up
=> transform, transmute, metamorphose
=> convert
=> dull
=> complexify, ramify
=> Americanize, Americanise
=> modernize, modernise, develop
=> stiffen
=> tighten
=> fail, go bad, give way, die, give out, conk out, go, break, break down
=> give way, yield
=> harden, indurate
=> harden, indurate
=> suffuse
=> hush
=> normalize, normalise
=> reorient
=> purify
=> digest
=> regress
=> foul
=> decalcify
=> industrialize, industrialise
=> decarboxylate
=> spot
=> receive, get, find, obtain, incur
=> acetylate, acetylize, acetylise
=> assume, acquire, adopt, take on, take
=> prim
=> capacitate
=> caseate
=> caseate
=> clinker
=> cure
=> dawn
=> salinate
=> desalinate, desalt, desalinize, desalinise
=> shallow, shoal
=> steepen
=> superannuate
=> ulcerate
=> vitrify
=> vulcanize, vulcanise
=> pall, dull
=> die, pall, become flat
=> saponify
=> move, go, run
=> come
=> catch
=> catch on
=> develop, grow
=> fly
=> develop, acquire, evolve
=> assibilate
=> smoothen
=> turn on
=> drop
=> break into
=> deepen, change
=> concretize, concretise
=> decay
=> commute, transpose
=> introject
=> shift
=> swing
=> fall
=> fall
=> reflate
=> hydrolyze, hydrolyse
=> fold, fold up
=> gelatinize, gelatinise
=> felt, felt up, mat up, matt-up, matte up, matte, mat
=> recombine
=> feminize, feminise
=> obsolesce
=> plasticize, plasticise
=> recede
=> defervesce
=> incandesce
=> calcify
=> drift
=> play out
=> conjugate
=> isomerize, isomerise
=> evaporate, vaporise
=> indurate
=> gradate
=> keratinize, keratinise
=> opacify
=> mature
=> rejuvenate
=> sequester
=> transaminate
=> vesiculate
=> undulate
=> vascularize, vascularise
=> crash
=> professionalize, professionalise
=> shift
=> flip, flip out
=> gum
=> synthesize
=> come round, come around
=> promote
=> separate, divide, part
=> format, arrange
=> fall for
=> move up, rise
=> change posture
=> settle
=> collapse, fall in, cave in, give, give way, break, founder
=> solarize, solarise
=> occult
=> pass
=> leave, depart, pull up stakes
=> liberalize, liberalise
=> stratify
=> democratize, democratise
=> relax, loosen
=> reticulate
=> flocculate
=> carbonate
=> come in
=> go out
=> stagnate
=> make
=> ice up, frost over, ice over
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb decay
Sense 1
disintegrate, decay, decompose
=> change integrity
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Sense 2
decay, crumble, delapidate
=> change
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Sense 3
decay
=> change
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Grep of verb decay
decay
Grep of adj decay
decayable
decayed
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