decay
n. வீழ்ச்சி, பதனழிவு, சிதைவு, அழுகிப்போதல், தேய்வு, உடற்சீர்கேடு. அழுகிய கூறு. கதிரியக்கத் திறமுடைய பொருளின் காலச் சிதைவு, (வினை) அழிவுறு, அழுகிக் கெடு, தரங்கெடு, தரங்கெடச்செய், நலமழி, செப்பமிழ, பண்புஇழ, உரங்கெடு, ஊக்கமழி, செல்வச் சீர்கேடுறு தேய்வுறு,. நலிவுறு.
Synonyms
#verb decline, wane, sink, dwindle, rot, wither, perish, waste, ebb,decrease #noun declension, waning, sinking, wasting, decrease, corruption,decadence, putrefaction, rottenness, dry_rot, consumption, decline
Antonyms
#verb rise, grow, increase, flourish, luxuriate, vegetate, expand,enlarge #noun rise, growth, birth, increase, fertility, exuberance,luxuriance, prosperity
De*cay", v. i. [imp. & p. p. Decayed; p. pr. & vb. n. Decaying.] Etym: [OF. decaeir, dechaer, decheoir, F. déchoir, to decline, fall, become less; L. de- + cadere to fall. See Chance.] Defn: To pass gradually from a sound, prosperous, or perfect state, to one of imperfection, adversity, or dissolution; to waste away; to decline; to fail; to become weak, corrupt, or disintegrated; to rot; to perish; as, a tree decays; fortunes decay; hopes decay. Ill fares the land, to hastening ills a prey, Where wealth accumulates and men decay. Goldsmith. De*cay", v. t. 1. To cause to decay; to impair. [R.] Infirmity, that decays the wise. Shak. 2. To destroy. [Obs.] Shak. De*cay", n. 1. Gradual failure of health, strength, soundness, prosperity, or of any species of excellence or perfection; tendency toward dissolution or extinction; corruption; rottenness; decline; deterioration; as, the decay of the body; the decay of virtue; the decay of the Roman empire; a castle in decay. Perhaps my God, though he be far before, May turn, and take me by the hand, and more -May strengthen my decays. Herbert. His [Johnson's] failure was not to be ascribed to intellectual decay. Macaulay. Which has caused the decay of the consonants to follow somewhat different laws. James Byrne. 2. Destruction; death. [Obs.] Spenser. 3. Cause of decay. [R.] He that plots to be the only figure among ciphers, is the decay of the whole age. Bacon. Syn. -- Decline; consumption. See Decline.