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    [Verb]  | "de*cay" | \ di-ˈkā \


    1: to undergo decomposition

    2: to decline in health, strength, or vigor

    3: to fall into ruin


    Origin: 15th century ;

     Middle English, from Anglo-French decaïr, from Late Latin decadere to fall, sink, from Latin de- + cadere to fall {mat|chance|};

    [Noun]  | "decay" 


    1: rot; specifically : aerobic decomposition of proteins chiefly by bacteria

    2: the product of decay

    3: gradual decline in strength, soundness, or prosperity or in degree of excellence or perfection


    Origin: 15th century ;

     See: ;

    [Noun]  | "beta decay" 


    1: a radioactive nuclear transformation governed by the weak force in which a nucleon (such as a neutron) changes into a nucleon (such as a proton) of the other type with the emission of either an electron and an antineutrino or a positron and a neutrino


    Origin: 1931 ;

    [Idiom]  | "fall into decay" 


    1: to go slowly from a bad condition to a worse condition : to slowly enter a state of ruin

    [Noun]  | "decay" 


    1: a gradual sinking and wasting away of mind or body;


      * e.g., " ... middle-aged people who fervently hope that daily exercise will arrest the physical decay that usually accompanies advancing age "





    2: the process by which dead organic matter separates into simpler substances;


      * e.g., " ... the cycle by which the decay of dead plants on the forest floor provides soil and nutrients for the next generation of plants "



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    [Verb]  | "decay" 


    1: to go through decomposition;


      * e.g., " ... the logs decayed on the rain forest floor "





    2: to become worse or of less value;


      * e.g., " ... the restaurant's standards for food and service had decayed over the years "



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    3: to lose bodily strength or vigor;


      * e.g., " ... having reached her 80s, the woman could sense that her body was decaying "



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     [ "Decay" ]

    1:  To rot: To decompose and become soft, crumbly, or liquefied, or make something do this.

      * e.g.,  ...  The corpse is in an advanced decay. 


     [ "Decay" ]

    2:  To decline in quality gradually and steadily, or make something do this.

      * e.g.,  ...  Because they kept mixing their coke with sugar, the quality decayed. 


     [ "Decay" ]

    3:  To undergo spontaneous disintegration.

      * e.g.,  ...  The fosfor decayed. 


     [ "Decay" ]

    4:  To decrease gradually in magnitude.

      * e.g.,  ...  Refers to a physical quantity or effect. 


     [ "Decay" ]

    5:  To decrease gradually in altitude.

      * e.g.,  ...  When in space, a satellite starts descending, orbit decays. 

     [ "Decay" ]

    1: Noun

      * e.g.,  ... Noun 


     [ "Decay" ]

    2: 1 : a gradual decline in strength, soundness, or prosperity or in degree of excellence or perfection

      * e.g.,  ... The outer walls of the house had been overcome by decay. 


     [ "Decay" ]

    3: 2 : a wasting or wearing away : RUIN, ROT

      * e.g.,  ... Verb 


     [ "Decay" ]

    4: Verb

      * e.g.,  ... The decaying tree stump was removed from our backyard. 


     [ "Decay" ]

    5: 1 : to decline from a sound or prosperous condition

      * e.g.,  ... Other 


     [ "Decay" ]

    6: 3 : to fall into ruin

      * e.g.,  ... "Hi. I'm Decay :)" 


     [ "Decay" ]

    7: Other


     [ "Decay" ]

    8: 1 : One of my nicknames; brought on from the phonetic spelling of my initials, DK.

     [ "truth decay" ]

    1: What a person has when they feel that not only don't they have to tell the truth, but that the truth doesn't even matter.

      * e.g.,  ... My ex is such a fibber. Every time she opens her mouth there is a strong odor of truth decay! 

     [ "Decaying Winter" ]

    1: "Warning, Agent on your team is down."

      * e.g.,  ... Jesse, we need to scavenge for loot Jesse. 


     [ "Decaying Winter" ]

    2: "Warning, Agent on your team is down."

      * e.g.,  ... B-But Mista White?! 


     [ "Decaying Winter" ]

    3: "Warning, Agent on your team is down."

      * e.g.,  ... Jesse, this Decaying Winter or whatever this game is, wants us dead, Jesse. 


     [ "Decaying Winter" ]

    4: "Warning, Agent on your team is down." Game where u literally suffer from enemies and other shit

     [ "Social Decay" ]

    1: The state of a city and it's culture when it's population is too great and the subsequent infrastructural/behavioral problems that are associated with excess become obvious. Social decay occurs and can be seen on both the physical level of everyday life in a city (abandoned buildings, vacant collapsing houses, streets in poor condition, etc) and on the emotional state of it's inhabitants (narcissism, social anxiety, paranoia, etc). Typically people are generalized into a vast and generic group called "strangers" and these strangers are often ignored completely (by other strangers) in order to keep the city running efficiently and problems associated with poor behavior suppressed. The only time strangers interact with each other is when one stranger offers another stranger a service or something that the other stranger needs or wants.

      * e.g.,  ... Examples of Social Decay: Stranger A: Would you like a bag for your food? 

     [ "Network Decay" ]

    1: The condition which occurs at a cable network when idiotic executives decide to change its direction. This is usually done as a money-grabbing attempt when ratings are lower than expected.

      * e.g.,  ... "Remember when TLC used to have shows that taught you something? Yeah, it didn't suck then. Network Decay is bullshit." 

     [ "Urban Decay" ]

    1: The risk of rapid deterioration in the quality of the Urban Dictionary, due to the inclusion of moronic idioms and expressions.

      * e.g.,  ... Man... is becoming a nightmare to try to find witty words in the Urban Dictionary. Some editors are approving definitions that really suck. I am deeply concerned of Urban Decay ´cause I love UD. 

     [ "Barry Decay" ]

    1: A type of decay that causes a person to age backwards. This was first discovered By Benjamin K. In the second grade. There are only 5 known cases of Barry Decay in the world. This was first discovered on a man named Barry Anshutz, while being experimented on my Benjamin K. This is still a mystery on why and when this happened but the lead and most intelligent scientist in the world Benjamin K. is studiying it now.

      * e.g.,  ... This dude got Barry Decay 

     [ "weedioactive decay" ]

    1: When a girl that is a solid 8 slowly becomes less attractive due to an excessive use of drugs. This process usually begins in middle school and starts with weed as the girl ages she becomes more open to harder drugs. Eventually after year of abuses many girls will begin: to have excessive tattoos, and piercings, acquire a bad taste for music and cloths, dye their hair unusual colors, develop unusual facial features, and become extremely skinny. The process of weedioactive decay is complete in 3 ways 1 your younger sister become hotter than you, 2 you resemble a crack addict 3, you resemble a vampire

      * e.g.,  ... Joe : Did you see that picture of Shelby on Facebook? Phil : You mean the one where she has green hair and is wearing a shirt that resembles a bumble bee. #weedioactive decay Joe : yea that one... 

     [ "Nut Decay" ]

    1: The progressive decay of a man's nuts due to the existence of a wife and kids. Nut decay is typically based on a half-life theorem or progressive exponential decay. A man will on average lose 50% of their nuts due to a women joining their life and half their remaining nuts with each child.

      * e.g.,  ... My good friend used to be a stud, but after getting married and having 5 kids he's barely a man. We're talking about serious Nut Decay. 

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