Definitions For Decay
noun
- The organic phenomenon of rotting
- A gradual decrease; as of stored charge or current
- The process of gradually becoming inferior
- The spontaneous disintegration of a radioactive substance along with the emission of ionizing radiation
- An inferior state resulting from the process of decaying
- The process or result of being slowly destroyed by natural processes
- The slow loss of strength, health, etc.
- The process or result of going slowly from a bad condition to a worse condition
verb
- Fall into decay or ruin
- Lose a stored charge, magnetic flux, or current
- Undergo decay or decomposition
- To be slowly destroyed by natural processes : to be slowly broken down by the natural processes that destroy a dead plant or body
- To slowly lose strength, health, etc.
- To go slowly from a bad condition to a worse condition : to slowly enter a state of ruin
Is Decay a Scrabble Word?
Words With Friends
YES
Scrabble US
YES
Scrabble UK
YES
English International (SOWPODS)
YES
Scrabble Global
YES
Enable1 Dictionary
YES
Points in Different Games
Scrabble
11
Words with Friends
11
The word Decay is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends
Examples of Decay in a Sentence
- The smell of decaying rubbish
- Dead plants and leaves decayed by bacteria
- She believes that the moral fiber of our society is decaying.
- The decay of dead plants and leaves
- She writes about the moral decay of our society.
- The patient's physical and mental decay