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Definition of decayed

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, dilapidate

(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")

Overview of adj decayed

The adj decayed has 1 senses? (no senses from tagged texts)

1. decayed, rotten, rotted

(damaged by decay; hence unsound and useless; "rotten floor boards"; "rotted beams"; "a decayed foundation")