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1 decay
1. intransitive verb1) (become rotten) verrotten; [ver]faulen; [Zahn:] faul od. (fachspr.) kariös werden; [Gebäude:] zerfallen2) (decline) verfallen2. noun2) (decline) Verfall, der* * *[di'kei] 1. verb 2. noun(the act or process of decaying: tooth decay; in a state of decay.) der Verfall* * *de·cay[dɪˈkeɪ]death and \decay Tod und Untergangto be in a[n advanced] state of \decay in einem Zustand des [fortgeschrittenen] Zerfalls seinenvironmental \decay Verfall m der Umweltindustrial \decay Untergang m der Industriemental/moral \decay geistiger/moralischer Verfallurban \decay Verfall m der Städte, Niedergang m der Stadtkulturto fall into \decay verfallen\decay chain NUCL radioaktive ZerfallsreiheII. vi1. (deteriorate) verfallen2. BIOL verwesen, verfaulen, faulen; BOT verblühen, absterben; NUCL zerfallen, abklingen; PHYS zerfallenIII. vt▪ to \decay sth etw zerstören [o ruinieren]to \decay wood Holz morsch werden lassen* * *[dI'keɪ]1. vi1) (lit) verfallen; (PHYS) zerfallen; (= rot, dead body, flesh, vegetable matter) verwesen; (food) schlecht werden, verderben; (tooth) faulen, verfallen; (bones, wood) verfallen, morsch werden2) (fig) verfallen; (health also) sich verschlechtern; (beauty also) verblühen, vergehen; (civilization, race) untergehen; (friendship) auseinandergehen, zerfallen; (one's faculties) verkümmern; (business, family) herunterkommen2. vtfood schlecht werden lassen, verderben; tooth faulen lassen, schlecht werden lassen; wood morsch werden lassen3. n1) (lit: action) Verfall m; (PHYS) Zerfall m; (= rotting, of dead body, flesh, vegetable matter) Verwesung f; (of food) Schlechtwerden nt; (of bones, wood) Morschwerden nttooth decay — Zahnfäule f, Karies f
to fall into decay — in Verfall geraten, verfallen
3) (fig) Verfall m; (of friendship, civilization) Zerfall m; (of race, family, business) Untergang m; (of faculties) Verkümmern nt* * *decay [dıˈkeı]A v/i1. verfallen, in Verfall geraten, zugrunde gehen2. schwach oder kraftlos werden3. abnehmen, schwinden4. verwelken, absterben5. zerfallen, vermodern6. verfaulen, verwesen8. GEOL verwittern9. PHYS zerfallen (Radium etc)B s1. Verfall m:2. Verfall m, (Alters)Schwäche f3. Nieder-, Untergang m, Ruin m4. (ständiger) Rückgang5. Verwelken n6. Zerfall m, Vermodern n7. Verfaulen n, Verwesung f8. MED Faulen n, Schlechtwerden n (der Zähne)9. GEOL Verwitterung f10. PHYS Zerfall m (von Radium etc):decay product Zerfallsprodukt n* * *1. intransitive verb1) (become rotten) verrotten; [ver]faulen; [Zahn:] faul od. (fachspr.) kariös werden; [Gebäude:] zerfallen2) (decline) verfallen2. noun2) (decline) Verfall, der* * *v.sich zersetzen v.verfallen v.verwesen v.
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