- decayed, rotten, rotted - damaged by decay; hence unsound and useless; "rotten floor boards"; "rotted beams"; "a decayed foundation"
Antonym: sound (indirect, via unsound)
- decompose, rot, molder, moulder - break down; "The bodies decomposed in the heat"
--1 is one way to decay
Sample sentences:Derived forms: noun rot2, noun rot1, noun rotting1
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Something ----s something
- waste, rot - waste away; "Political prisoners are wasting away in many prisons all over the world"
--2 is one way to devolve, deteriorate, drop, degenerate
Sample sentence:
Something ----s