decayed

/dɪˈkeɪd/

verb

  1. 1

    To deteriorate, to get worse, to lose strength or health, to decline in quality.

    The pair loved to take pictures in the decaying hospital on forty-third street.
  2. 2

    (of organic material) To rot, to go bad.

    The cat's body decayed rapidly.
  3. 3

    (of an unstable atom) To change by undergoing fission, by emitting radiation, or by capturing or losing one or more electrons.

  4. 4

    (of a quantum system) To undergo optical decay, that is, to relax to a less excited state, usually by emitting a photon or phonon.

  5. 5

    Loss of airspeed due to drag.

  6. 6

    To cause to rot or deteriorate.

    The extreme humidity decayed the wooden sculptures in the museum's collection in a matter of years.

adjective

  1. 1

    Having undergone decay, rotted.

    The decayed remains of the pilot's shirt showed where the plane had been shot down.
  2. 2

    Reduced in circumstances; having lost one's status or fortune.

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