Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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decay | Yes | No | Yes | No |
wear | Yes | No | Yes | No |
decay (noun) | wear (noun) |
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the organic phenomenon of rotting | the act of having on your person as a covering or adornment |
a gradual decrease; as of stored charge or current | a covering designed to be worn on a person's body |
the process of gradually becoming inferior | impairment resulting from long use |
the spontaneous disintegration of a radioactive substance along with the emission of ionizing radiation | |
an inferior state resulting from the process of decaying |
decay (verb) | wear (verb) |
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fall into decay or ruin | be dressed in |
lose a stored charge, magnetic flux, or current | put clothing on one's body |
undergo decay or decomposition | have or show an appearance of |
exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or stress | |
have on one's person | |
deteriorate through use or stress | |
go to pieces | |
last and be usable | |
have in one's aspect; wear an expression of one's attitude or personality |