1. decay

verb. ['dɪˈkeɪ'] lose a stored charge, magnetic flux, or current.

Rhymes with Decay

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How do you pronounce decay?

Pronounce decay as dɪˈkeɪ.

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Sentences with decay

1. Noun, singular or mass
Dogs can suffer from tooth decay, cavities and tooth loss.

2. Verb, non-3rd person singular present
They also catch falling debris such as tree leaves that help provide nutrients to the fern as they decay.

Quotes about decay

1. In a decaying society, art, if it is truthful, must also reflect decay. And unless it wants to break faith with its social function, art must show the world as changeable. And help to change it.
- Ernst Fischer

2. Always learn poems by heart. They have to become the marrow in your bones. Like fluoride in the water, they'll make your soul impervious to the world's soft decay.
- Janet Fitch, White Oleander

3. Writing a novel is a terrible experience, during which the hair often falls out and the teeth decay. I'm always irritated by people who imply that writing fiction is an escape from reality. It is a plunge into reality and it's very shocking to the system.
- Flannery O'Connor, Mystery and Manners: Occasional Prose

2. decay

noun. ['dɪˈkeɪ'] the process of gradually becoming inferior.

3. decay

verb. ['dɪˈkeɪ'] fall into decay or ruin.

4. decay

noun. ['dɪˈkeɪ'] a gradual decrease; as of stored charge or current.

5. decay

noun. ['dɪˈkeɪ'] the organic phenomenon of rotting.

6. decay

noun. ['dɪˈkeɪ'] the spontaneous disintegration of a radioactive substance along with the emission of ionizing radiation.

7. decay

noun. ['dɪˈkeɪ'] an inferior state resulting from the process of decaying.

8. decay

verb. ['dɪˈkeɪ'] undergo decay or decomposition.