Значение

значений: 10
  1. (непереходный)To deteriorate, to get worse, to lose strength or health, to decline in quality.

    The pair loved to take pictures in the decaying hospital on forty-third street.

  2. To deteriorate, to get worse, to lose strength or health, to decline in quality.

    (непереходный)To undergo bit rot, that is, gradual degradation.

  3. (непереходный)To undergo software rot, that is, to fail to be updated in a changing environment, so as to eventually become legacy or obsolete.

  4. (непереходный)To undergo prolonged reduction in altitude (above the orbited body).

  5. (непереходный)To rot, to go bad.

    The cat's body decayed rapidly.

  6. (непереходный, переходный)To change by undergoing fission, by emitting radiation, or by capturing or losing one or more electrons; to undergo radioactive decay.

    распада́тьсяraspadátʹsja, распа́стьсяraspástʹsja

    розпада́тисяrozpadátysja, розпа́стисяrozpástysja

    undergo decay or decomposition

  7. (непереходный, переходный)To undergo optical decay, that is, to relax to a less excited state, usually by emitting a photon or phonon.

  8. (непереходный)Loss of airspeed due to drag.

  9. (переходный)To cause to rot or deteriorate.

    The extreme humidity decayed the wooden sculptures in the museum's collection in a matter of years.

  10. (непереходный)Of an array: to lose its type and dimensions and be reduced to a pointer, for example when passed to a function.

Примеры

предложений: 80
  1. Salt helps to preserve food from decay.

    deSalz macht Nahrungsmittel länger haltbar.

  2. The apple has begun to decay.

    Яблоко начало портиться.

  3. Meat decays quickly in warm weather.

    В тёплую погоду мясо быстро портится.

  4. I had my decayed tooth removed.

    Мне вырвали гнилой зуб.

    deMein fauler Zahn wurde entfernt.

  5. The dentist pulled out his decayed tooth.

    Зубной врач выдернул ему испорченный зуб.

Переводы

языков: 7
Українська
По значениям 1
To change by undergoing fission, by emitting radiation, or by capturing or losing one or more electrons.:
Русский
По значениям 2
to deteriorate:
To change by undergoing fission, by emitting radiation, or by capturing or losing one or more electrons.:
Deutsch
По значениям 1
to deteriorate:

Происхождение

From Middle English decaien (“to decrease, diminish”) and decai (“deterioration, decline i

From Middle English decaien (“to decrease, diminish”) and decai (“deterioration, decline in value”), from Anglo-Norman decaeir (“to fall away, decay, decline”), from Vulgar Latin *dēcadere, etymologically restored form of Latin dēcidere (“to fall down, to fail, sink or perish”), from de- (“of, from, away, down”) + cadere (“to fall”). Compare decadent and decadence.

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Формы

decays, decaying, decayed, decayed
Базовая формаdecay · to decay
3-е лицо ед. числаdecays
Причастие настоящего времениdecaying
Прошедшее времяdecayed
Причастие прошедшего времениdecayed

правильный · Урок

Present simpleУрок

I, you, we, theydecay
he, she, itdecays

Past simpleУрок

все лицаdecayed

Present perfectУрок

I, you, we, theyhave decayed
he, she, ithas decayed

Future simple (will)Урок

все лицаwill decay

Синонимы

синонимов: 5
Близкие по смыслу

Однокоренные

связанных слов: 5
Связанныеdecadent

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