Decay: alternatives and connections

To separate into integrant parts; to reduce to fragments or to powder; to break up, or cause to fall to pieces, as a rock, by blows of a hammer, fros…

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To separate into integrant parts; to reduce to fragments or to powder; to break up, or cause to fall to pieces, as a rock, by blows of a hammer, fros…

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A process or condition of acting or moving, as opposed to rest; the doing of something; exertion of power or force, as when one body acts on another;…

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The state or quality of being active; nimbleness; agility; vigorous action or operation; energy; active force; as, an increasing variety of human act…

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To alter; to make different; to cause to pass from one state to another; as, to change the position, character, or appearance of a thing; to change t…

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To grow less, -- opposed to increase; to be diminished gradually, in size, degree, number, duration, etc., or in strength, quality, or excellence; as…

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The state of becoming gradually less; decrease; diminution; waste; loss.

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To strain apart; to sever by fracture; to divide with violence; as, to break a rope or chain; to break a seal; to break an axle; to break rocks or co…

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A piece of sculpture representing the upper part of the human figure, including the head, shoulders, and breast.

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To eat away by degrees; to wear away or diminish by gradually separating or destroying small particles of, as by action of a strong acid or a caustic…

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To separate the constituent parts of; to resolve into original elements; to set free from previously existing forms of chemical combination; to bring…

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To dissolve gradually and become liquid by attracting and absorbing moisture from the air, as certain salts, acids, and alkalies.

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To make worse; to make inferior in quality or value; to impair; as, to deteriorate the mind.

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To hang bending downward; to sink or hang down, as an animal, plant, etc., from physical inability or exhaustion, want of nourishment, or the like.

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To eat into or away; to corrode; as, canker erodes the flesh.

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To bite, as something hard or tough, which is not readily separated or crushed; to bite off little by little, with effort; to wear or eat away by scr…

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Alt. of Moulder

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One who, or that which, molds or forms into shape; specifically (Founding), one skilled in the art of making molds for castings.

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To render putrid; to cause to decay offensively; to cause to be decomposed; to cause to rot.

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To undergo a process common to organic substances by which they lose the cohesion of their parts and pass through certain chemical changes, giving of…

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The act of falling or tumbling down; fall.

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The reddish yellow coating formed on iron when exposed to moist air, consisting of ferric oxide or hydroxide; hence, by extension, any metallic film…

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To plunder; to strip by violence; to pillage; to rob; -- with of before the name of the thing taken; as, to spoil one of his goods or possession.

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Same as Weir.

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The state of the air or atmosphere with respect to heat or cold, wetness or dryness, calm or storm, clearness or cloudiness, or any other meteorologi…

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2d pers. sing. of Will.

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The act or result of breaking down, as of a carriage; downfall.

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of Carib

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Hollowness.

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The act of corrupting or making putrid, or state of being corrupt or putrid; decomposition or disorganization, in the process of putrefaction; putref…

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The act or process of resolving the constituent parts of a compound body or substance into its elementary parts; separation into constituent part; an…

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The process of growing worse, or the state of having grown worse.

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The act of dilapidating, or the state of being dilapidated, reduced to decay, partially ruined, or squandered.

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The process by which anything is disintegrated; the condition of anything which is disintegrated.

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The state of being impaired; injury.

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The act or the process of putrefying; the offensive decay of albuminous or other matter.

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The quality or state of being rancid; a rancid scent or flavor, as of old oil.

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To undergo a process common to organic substances by which they lose the cohesion of their parts and pass through certain chemical changes, giving of…

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of Rot

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The act of falling or tumbling down; fall.

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of Spoil

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To break into small pieces; to cause to fall in pieces.

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To break into small pieces; to cause to fall in pieces.

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To separate into integrant parts; to reduce to fragments or to powder; to break up, or cause to fall to pieces, as a rock, by blows of a hammer, fros…

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To separate into integrant parts; to reduce to fragments or to powder; to break up, or cause to fall to pieces, as a rock, by blows of a hammer, fros…

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To break into small pieces; to cause to fall in pieces.

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To bend, or lean downward; to take a downward direction; to bend over or hang down, as from weakness, weariness, despondency, etc.; to condescend.

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To separate the constituent parts of; to resolve into original elements; to set free from previously existing forms of chemical combination; to bring…

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The act or process of resolving the constituent parts of a compound body or substance into its elementary parts; separation into constituent part; an…

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To bring into a condition of decay or partial ruin, by misuse or through neglect; to destroy the fairness and good condition of; -- said of a buildin…

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To separate into integrant parts; to reduce to fragments or to powder; to break up, or cause to fall to pieces, as a rock, by blows of a hammer, fros…

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The process by which anything is disintegrated; the condition of anything which is disintegrated.

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