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Grammar : Adj
Spell : dih-key
Phonetic Transcription : dɪˈkeɪ

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Origin :
  • mid-15c., "deterioration, decline in value," from decay (v.). Meaning "gradual decrease in radioactivity" is from 1897.
  • adj rotting
Example sentences :
  • They said that these things were absolutely begotten in the water of the decaying substances out of which the infusion was made.
  • Extract from : « The Method By Which The Causes Of The Present And Past Conditions Of Organic Nature Are To Be Discovered.--The Origination Of Living Beings » by Thomas H. Huxley
  • It is found on decaying limbs and stumps from July to winter.
  • Extract from : « The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise » by M. E. Hard
  • The royalty of his powers he saw by degrees torn from his decaying form.
  • Extract from : « Great Men and Famous Women, Vol. 8 (of 8) » by Various
  • But Napoleon turned to other work and Turkey went on decaying.
  • Extract from : « Bulgaria » by Frank Fox
  • Precisely at the time when Ireland was decaying, all other Western nations were flourishing.
  • Extract from : « Home Rule » by Harold Spender
  • In all of these we discovered dead and decaying horses, mules, and dogs.
  • Extract from : « The Citizen-Soldier » by John Beatty
  • It might even regenerate the decaying elements of the Byzantine civilization.
  • Extract from : « The Story of Russia » by R. Van Bergen, M.A.
  • It was low and narrow, brass-bound, and covered with decaying leather.
  • Extract from : « The Cryptogram » by William Murray Graydon
  • It is of very great value in filling cavities in decaying trees.
  • Extract from : « Diggers in the Earth » by Eva March Tappan
  • Nature is changing and decaying, and we are changed faster than nature.
  • Extract from : « The Wesleyan Methodist Pulpit in Malvern » by Knowles King

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