English-Thai Dictionary
decay
N การ ย่อยสลาย การ เน่าเปื่อย การ ผุพัง decomposition deterioration putrefaction rot rotting spoiling kan-yoi-sa-lai
decay
N การ สลาย กัมมันตรังสี (ทาง นิวเคลียร์ ฟิสิกส์ การ สลาย อนุภาค หรือ รังสี disintegration degeneration radioactive decay kan-sa-lai-kam-man-ta-rang-se
decay
N การ เสื่อม ลง ความตกต่ำ ความทรุดโทรม การ เลว ลง การ ด้อย ลง การ เสื่อมถอย deterioration decadence degeneration kan-sueam-long
decay
VT ทำให้ เสื่อม ลง ทำให้ ด้อย ลง ทำให้ ตกต่ำ ทำให้ เลว ลง ทำให้ เสื่อมโทรม ทำให้ ทรุดโทรม deteriorate tam-hai-sueam-long
decay
VT ย่อยสลาย ผุพัง สลาย ย่อย เน่า เปื่อย rot decompose degenerate spoil wither putrefy yoi-sa-lai
decay
VT เสื่อม ลง ด้อย ลง ตกต่ำ เลว ลง เสื่อมโทรม เสื่อมถอย ทรุดโทรม crumble deteriorate decline ruin sueam-long
decayed
A ที่ ทำให้ เสื่อม พัง ti-tam-hai-sueam-pang
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
DECAY
v.i.[Fr. dechoir, from L. de and cado, to fall, or decedo.] 1. To pass gradually from a sound, prosperous, or perfect state, to a less perfect state, or towards destruction; to fail; to decline; to be gradually impaired. Our bodies decay in old age; a tree decays; buildings decay; fortunes decay.
2. To become weaker; to fail; as, our strength decays, or hopes decay.
DECAY
v.t.To cause to fail; to impair; to bring to a worse state. Infirmity, that decays the wise, doth ever make better the fool.
DECAY
n. 1. Gradual failure of health, strength, soundness, prosperity, or any species of excellence or perfection; decline to a worse or less perfect state; tendency towards dissolution or extinction; a state of depravation or diminution. Old men feel the decay of the body. We perceive the decay of the faculties in age. We lament the decay of virtue and patriotism in the state. The northern nations invaded the Roman Empire, when in a state of decay.
2. Declension from prosperity; decline of fortune.
If thy brother be waxen poor, and fallen in decay. Leviticus 25:35.
3. Cause of decay.
He that plots to be the only figure among ciphers, is the decay of the whole age.
DECAYED
pp. Having fallen from a good or sound state; impaired; weakened; diminished.
DECAYEDNESS
n.A state of being impaired; decayed state.
DECAYER
n.That which causes decay.
DECAYING
ppr. Failing; declining; passing from a good, prosperous or sound state, to a worse condition; perishing.
DECAYING
n.Decay; decline.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
DECAY
De *cay ", v. i. [imp. & p. p. Decayed; p. pr. & vb. n. Decaying. ]Etym: [OF. decaeir, dechaer, decheoir, F. déchoir, to decline, fall, become less; L. de- + cadere to fall. See Chance. ]
Defn: To pass gradually from a sound, prosperous, or perfect state, to one of imperfection, adversity, or dissolution; to waste away; to decline; to fail; to become weak, corrupt, or disintegrated; to rot; to perish; as, a tree decays; fortunes decay; hopes decay. Ill fares the land, to hastening ills a prey, Where wealth accumulates and men decay. Goldsmith.
DECAY
DECAY De *cay ", v. t.
1. To cause to decay; to impair. [R.] Infirmity, that decays the wise. Shak.
2. To destroy. [Obs. ] Shak.
DECAY
DECAY De *cay ", n.
1. Gradual failure of health, strength, soundness, prosperity, or of any species of excellence or perfection; tendency toward dissolution or extinction; corruption; rottenness; decline; deterioration; as, the decay of the body; the decay of virtue; the decay of the Roman empire; a castle in decay. Perhaps my God, though he be far before, May turn, and take me by the hand, and more -May strengthen my decays. Herbert. His [Johnson's ] failure was not to be ascribed to intellectual decay. Macaulay. Which has caused the decay of the consonants to follow somewhat different laws. James Byrne.
2. Destruction; death. [Obs. ] Spenser.
3. Cause of decay. [R.] He that plots to be the only figure among ciphers, is the decay of the whole age. Bacon.
Syn. -- Decline; consumption. See Decline.
DECAYED
DECAYED De *cayed ", a.
Defn: Fallen, as to physical or social condition; affected with decay; rotten; as, decayed vegetation or vegetables; a decayed fortune or gentleman. -- De *cay "ed *ness, n.
DECAYER
DECAYER De *cay "er, n.
Defn: A causer of decay. [R.]
New American Oxford Dictionary
decay
de cay |diˈkā dəˈkeɪ | ▶verb [ no obj. ] (of organic matter ) rot or decompose through the action of bacteria and fungi: (as adj. decayed ) : a decayed cabbage leaf | (as adj. decaying ) : the odor of decaying fish. • [ with obj. ] cause to rot or decompose: the fungus will decay soft timber. • (of a building or area ) fall into disrepair; deteriorate: urban neighborhoods decay when elevated freeways replace surface roads. • decline in quality, power, or vigor: the moral authority of the party was decaying. • Physics (of a radioactive substance, particle, etc. ) undergo change to a different form by emitting radiation: the trapped radiocarbon begins to decay at a known rate. • technical (of a physical quantity ) undergo a gradual decrease: the time taken for the current to decay to zero. ▶noun the state or process of rotting or decomposition: hardwood is more resistant to decay than softwood | tooth decay. • structural or physical deterioration: the old barn rapidly fell into decay . • rotten matter or tissue: fluoride heals small spots of decay. • the process of declining in quality, power, or vigor: preachers warning of moral decay. • Physics the change of a radioactive substance, particle, etc. , into another by the emission of radiation: the gas radon is produced by the decay of uranium in rocks and soil. • technical gradual decrease in the magnitude of a physical quantity: the decay of electrical fields in the electromagnets. ORIGIN late Middle English: from Old French decair, based on Latin decidere ‘fall down or off, ’ from de- ‘from ’ + cadere ‘fall. ’
Oxford Dictionary
decay
decay |dɪˈkeɪ | ▶verb [ no obj. ] (of organic matter ) rot or decompose through the action of bacteria and fungi: the body had begun to decay | (as adj. decayed ) : decayed animal and plant matter | (as adj. decaying ) : the odour of decaying fish. • [ with obj. ] cause to rot or decompose: the fungus will decay soft timber. • fall into disrepair; deteriorate: facilities decay when money is not spent on refurbishment. • decline in quality, power, or vigour: the moral authority of the party was decaying. • Physics (of a radioactive substance, particle, etc. ) undergo change to a different form by emitting radiation. • technical (of a physical quantity ) undergo a gradual decrease. ▶noun [ mass noun ] the state or process of rotting or decomposition: hardwood is more resistant to decay than softwood | tooth decay. • rotten matter or tissue: fluoride heals small spots of decay. • structural or physical deterioration: the old barn rapidly fell into decay . • the process of declining in quality, power, or vigour: the problems of urban decay. • Physics the change of a radioactive substance, particle, etc. into another by the emission of radiation. • technical gradual decrease in the magnitude of a physical quantity. ORIGIN late Middle English: from Old French decair, based on Latin decidere ‘fall down or off ’, from de- ‘from ’ + cadere ‘fall ’.
American Oxford Thesaurus
decay
decay verb 1 the corpses had decayed: decompose, rot, putrefy, go bad, go off, spoil, fester, perish, deteriorate; degrade, break down, molder, shrivel, wither. 2 the cities continue to decay: deteriorate, degenerate, decline, go downhill, slump, slide, go to rack and ruin, go to seed; disintegrate, fall to pieces, fall into disrepair; fail, collapse; informal go to pot, go to the dogs, go into /down the toilet. ▶noun 1 signs of decay: decomposition, putrefaction, festering; rot, mold, mildew, fungus. 2 tooth decay: rot, corrosion, decomposition; caries, cavities, holes. 3 the decay of contemporary culture: deterioration, degeneration, debasement, degradation, decline, weakening, atrophy; crumbling, disintegration, collapse.
decayed
decayed adjective a decayed deer carcass: decomposed, decomposing, rotten, putrescent, putrid, bad, off, spoiled, far gone, perished; moldy, festering, fetid, rancid, rank; maggoty, wormy.
decaying
decaying adjective 1 decaying fish: decomposing, decomposed, rotting, rotten, putrescent, putrid, bad, off, perished; moldy, festering, fetid, rancid, rank; maggoty, wormy. 2 a decaying city: declining, degenerating, dying, crumbling, disintegrating; derelict, run-down, tumbledown, ramshackle, shabby, decrepit; in decline, in ruins, on the way out. WORD TOOLKIT See derelict . Word Toolkits illustrate the difference between close synonyms by means of words typically used with them.
Oxford Thesaurus
decay
decay verb 1 the flesh of the corpses had decayed: decompose, rot, putrefy, go bad, go off, spoil, fester, perish, deteriorate; degrade, break down, break up, moulder, shrivel, shrivel up, wither; technical mortify, necrotize, sphacelate; archaic corrupt. 2 the inner cities in Britain continue to decay: deteriorate, degenerate, decline, go downhill, slump, slip, slide, go to rack and ruin, go to seed, run to seed, worsen, crumble, disintegrate, fall to pieces, come apart at the seams, fall into disrepair, become dilapidated; fail, wane, ebb, dwindle, collapse; informal go to pot, go to the dogs, hit the skids, go down the tubes, go down the toilet; Austral. /NZ informal go to the pack. ANTONYMS improve. ▶noun 1 the fish showed no signs of decay: decomposition, rotting, going bad, putrefaction, putrescence, putridity, festering, spoilage, perishing, withering, shrivelling; rot, mould, mildew, fungus; archaic corruption. 2 consumption of sugar can lead to tooth decay: rot, rotting, corrosion, corroding, decomposition; caries, cavities, holes; rare cariosity. 3 they blame TV for the decay of American values: deterioration, degeneration, debasement, degradation, decline, slipping, waning, ebb, shrinking, withering, weakening, atrophy, crumbling, disintegration, collapse, lapse, fall, failure; formal devolution; dated decadence. ANTONYMS improvement. WORD LINKS decay sapro- related prefix, as in saprophagous Word Links sections supply words that are related to the headword but do not normally appear in a thesaurus because they are not actual synonyms.
decayed
decayed adjective she discovered his decayed body: decomposed, decomposing, rotten, rotting, putrescent, putrid, bad, off, spoiled, spoilt, perished; mouldy, mouldering, mildewy, festering, fetid, stinking, smelly, rancid, rank; maggoty, worm-eaten, wormy, flyblown.
decaying
decaying adjective 1 the decaying bodies of fish filled the pond: decomposing, decomposed, rotting, rotten, putrescent, putrid, bad, off, spoiled, spoilt, perished; mouldy, mouldering, festering, fetid, stinking, smelly, rancid, rank; maggoty, worm-eaten, wormy, flyblown. 2 Liverpool was a visibly decaying city: declining, degenerating, dying, waning, crumbling, collapsing; run down, broken-down, tumbledown, ramshackle, shabby, battered, decrepit; in decline, on the decline, in ruins, in (a state of ) disrepair, falling apart, falling to pieces; informal on its last legs, on the way out. WORD TOOLKIT decaying See derelict . Word Toolkits illustrate the difference between close synonyms by means of words typically used with them.
Duden Dictionary
Decay
De cay Substantiv, Neutrum , das |diˈkeɪ |englisch Zeit des Abfallens des Tons vom Maximum bis 0 beim Synthesizer
Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary
decay
de cay /dɪkéɪ /〖de (下に ) cay (落ちる )〗動詞 ～s /-z /; ～ed /-d /; ～ing 自動詞 1 〈物が 〉 (次第に )腐る , 腐敗する ; 〈歯が 〉虫歯になる (→rot ); 〈物が 〉腐って «…に » なる «into » .2 〈建造物などが 〉 (徐々に )老朽化する (!しばしば進行形で ) ▸ The old castle was being allowed to decay .その古城は荒廃するがままになっていた 3 〈社会 制度などが 〉腐敗する, 荒廃する; 〈健康 富 勢力 美などが 〉 衰える, 衰退する ; 堕落する (!しばしば進行形で ) .4 〘物理 〙〈放射性物質が 〉崩壊する .5 〘宇宙 〙〈人工衛星が 〉 (大気摩擦により )減速する .他動詞 〈物 〉を腐敗させる ; …を衰えさせる .名詞 U 1 腐敗 , 腐食, 腐ること ▸ tooth decay 虫歯 2 虫歯 (の部分 )▸ drill away the decay 虫歯 (の患部 )を取り除く 3 (精神 健康 富 勢いなどの )衰退, 衰え ; 荒廃 .4 (建造物などの )老朽化, 荒廃 ▸ fall into [go to ] (the state of ) decay 老朽化する ; 衰微する 5 〘物理 〙(放射性物質の )崩壊 ▸ radioactive decay 放射性崩壊 6 〘宇宙 〙(人工衛星の )減速 .
decayed
de c á yed 形容詞 1 腐った ; 虫歯になった ▸ a decayed tooth 虫歯 .2 堕落した, 衰退した .
The Wordsmith Dictionary