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Decompose

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intransitive verb. To separate into components or basic elements.

intransitive verb. To cause to rot.

intransitive verb. To become broken down into components; disintegrate.

intransitive verb. To decay; rot or putrefy. synonym: decay.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

To separate into its constituent parts; resolve into its original elements; specifically, to reduce (an organic body) to a state of dissolution by a process of natural decay.

To become resolved into constituent elements; specifically, to decay; rot; putrefy.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

transitive verb. To separate the constituent parts of; to resolve into original elements; to set free from previously existing forms of chemical combination; to bring to dissolution; to rot or decay.

intransitive verb. To become resolved or returned from existing combinations; to undergo dissolution; to decay; to rot.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

verb. to separate or break down something into its components; to disintegrate or fragment

verb. to rot, decay or putrefy

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

verb. lose a stored charge, magnetic flux, or current

verb. break down

verb. separate (substances) into constituent elements or parts

Word Usage

"Surely the reason that corpses take longer to decompose is simply that mortuaries are now air conditioned as a matter of course."

cross-reference

decomposing furnace

Form

decomposed decomposing

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

change integrity

Rhyme

Words with the same terminal sound

Bose Brose Goes Joes Jos

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

attributable brittle char comprehensible consolidate

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

ablate anatomize atomize break down break up

verb-form

decomposed decomposes decomposing