decayed
US /dɪˈked/
・UK /dɪ'keɪd/
B1
verb
- To be slowly destroyed by natural processes; rot
- To lose health or strength
other
- To decline in health, strength, or vigor; to deteriorate.
- To decline from a state of excellence, prosperity, or virtue.
- To rot or decompose due to the action of bacteria or fungi.
- To suffer decomposition; to rot, as a tooth.
adjective
- Affected by decay; rotten.
Examples
New Shoreham, now sadly decayed, has barely 100 inhabitants.
The wood was completely decayed.