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Synonyms for decayed
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : dih-key |
| Phonetic Transcription : dɪˈkeɪ |
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Définition of decayed
Origin :- mid-15c., "deterioration, decline in value," from decay (v.). Meaning "gradual decrease in radioactivity" is from 1897.
- adj rotten, falling apart
- Will the world ever be so decayed that spring may not renew its greenness?
- Extract from : « Buds and Bird Voices (From "Mosses From An Old Manse") » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
- I—some of our healers can dissuade the conviction of decayed teeth.
- Extract from : « The Bacillus of Beauty » by Harriet Stark
- Meantime the body had decayed and had sunk down into a handful of dust.
- Extract from : « Buried Cities: Pompeii, Olympia, Mycenae » by Jennie Hall
- The images of the gods in the temple were all decayed, so that one could not distinguish one from the other.
- Extract from : « The Chinese Fairy Book » by Various
- His stomach would turn and his decayed teeth refuse to touch it.
- Extract from : « L'Assommoir » by Emile Zola
- It is found on stumps or decayed logs during September and October.
- Extract from : « The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise » by M. E. Hard
- It is found on decayed logs in damp places from August to October.
- Extract from : « The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise » by M. E. Hard
- Found on decayed stumps and logs, you will meet it frequently.
- Extract from : « The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise » by M. E. Hard
- They grow on the ground, especially where wood has decayed and become a part of the ground.
- Extract from : « The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise » by M. E. Hard
- They grow in dense clusters where old stumps have been or where wood has decayed.
- Extract from : « The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise » by M. E. Hard
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