verb
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To deteriorate, to get worse, to lose strength or health, to decline in quality.
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The pair loved to take pictures in the decaying hospital on forty-third street.
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(of organic material) To rot, to go bad.
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The cat's body decayed rapidly.
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(of an unstable atom) To change by undergoing fission, by emitting radiation, or by capturing or losing one or more electrons.
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(of a quantum system) To undergo optical decay, that is, to relax to a less excited state, usually by emitting a photon or phonon.
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Loss of airspeed due to drag.
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To cause to rot or deteriorate.
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The extreme humidity decayed the wooden sculptures in the museum's collection in a matter of years.