Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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wear | Yes | No | Yes | No |
decay | Yes | No | Yes | No |
wear (noun) | decay (noun) |
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the act of having on your person as a covering or adornment | the organic phenomenon of rotting |
a covering designed to be worn on a person's body | a gradual decrease; as of stored charge or current |
impairment resulting from long use | 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 |
wear (verb) | decay (verb) |
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be dressed in | fall into decay or ruin |
put clothing on one's body | lose a stored charge, magnetic flux, or current |
have or show an appearance of | undergo decay or decomposition |
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 |