decay
noun
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- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
the process of gradually becoming inferior
Types & categories
- natural process hypernym
- caries hyponym
- corruption hyponym
- rotting hyponym
- dilapidation hyponym
- spoiling hyponym
Sense 2 verb
lose a stored charge, magnetic flux, or current
the particles disintegrated during the nuclear fission process
Types & categories
- change integrity hypernym
Related & opposite
- decay derivation
- radioactive decay derivation
- physics domain topic
- disintegrate verb group
Sense 3 noun
a gradual decrease; as of stored charge or current
Types & categories
- decrease hypernym
- exponential decay hyponym
Related & opposite
- decay derivation
Sense 4 verb
fall into decay or ruin
The unoccupied house started to decay
Types & categories
Related & opposite
Sense 5 noun
the organic phenomenon of rotting
Types & categories
- organic phenomenon hypernym
Related & opposite
- decay derivation
- rot derivation
- decay derivation
- decompositional derivation
Sense 6 verb
undergo decay or decomposition
The body started to decay and needed to be cremated
Types & categories
- change hypernym
- rot hyponym
- spoil hyponym
- putrefy hyponym
- deliquesce hyponym
Related & opposite
- decay derivation
Sense 7 noun
an inferior state resulting from the process of decaying
the corpse was in an advanced state of decay
Types & categories
- unsoundness hypernym
- putrefaction hyponym
- disintegration hyponym
- deterioration hyponym
- rancidity hyponym
Related & opposite
- decay derivation
Sense 8 noun
the spontaneous disintegration of a radioactive substance along with the emission of ionizing radiation
Types & categories
- nuclear reaction hypernym
- alpha decay hyponym
- beta decay hyponym
Related & opposite
- decay derivation
- disintegrate derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | natural process |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | caries |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | corruption |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | rotting |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | dilapidation |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | spoiling |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | decay |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | radioactive decay |
| 2 | domain topic | Related & opposite | physics |
| 2 | verb group | Related & opposite | disintegrate |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | change integrity |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | decay |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | decrease |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | exponential decay |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | decadent |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | decay |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | decay |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | change |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | deteriorate |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | rust |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | weather |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | erode |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | wilt |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | ruin |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | wear out |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | decay |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | rot |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | decay |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | decompositional |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | organic phenomenon |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | decay |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | change |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | rot |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | spoil |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | putrefy |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | deliquesce |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | decay |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | unsoundness |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | putrefaction |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | disintegration |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | deterioration |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | rancidity |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | decay |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | disintegrate |
| 8 | hypernym | Types & categories | nuclear reaction |
| 8 | hyponym | Types & categories | alpha decay |
| 8 | hyponym | Types & categories | beta decay |