What is the definition of decay?

Answer 1

The word "decay" means a breaking down. There are several specific uses:

• The chemical breakdown of organic substances, through bacteria, oxidation, and other processes (putrefaction, rot)
• The deterioration of a structure or a social structure over time (e.g. urban blight, the destruction of ancient ruins, or the idiom "moral decay")
• Dental caries, the action of bacteria on tooth enamel
• Nuclear physics : the transmutation of elements through the emission of particles from unstable nuclei (radioactive decay)

Answer 2

Rot and decomposition are words for decay. Another word for tooth decay is cavity. Cavities happen as a result of the production of acid by bacterial fermentation of food debris accumulated on the tooth surface.

Answer 3

Synonyms for the word deteriorate: adulterate, become worse, break, corrode, corrupt, crumble, debase, debilitate, decline, decompose, degrade, deprave, depreciate, descend, disintegrate, fall apart, go downhill, go to pieces, go to pot, impair, injure, languish, lapse, lessen, lose it, lose quality, lower, retrograde, retrogress, sink, spoil, undermine, weaken, wear away, worsen

Answer 4

From my own perspective, decay may be refered to the process of rottening or decomposition of an organism i.e either of plants or animals.

It took its root from the greek word....

Answer 5

The body began to decay.

There is a lot of decay on your teeth.

Answer 6

Here are some sentences.

Tooth decay can be painful.

The dead plant will decay into soil.

Answer 7

I'd use rot and decomposition.

Answer 8

disgrace