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Meanings of decayed in English

Damaged by decay; hence unsound and useless.

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Examples for "rotten"
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The stone steps are disjointed; the bell-cord is rotten; the gutter-spouts broken.
La Grande Breteche
2
Truthful and matter of fact about a rotten situation, but also understanding.
Truths unveiled
3
He said refrigerators were unreliable and the students' food sometimes went rotten.
The South African
4
It is very sadly a rotten apple situation here, said Michael Spencer.
Reuters
5
The Humanists are guilty, the Mitsubishi, the rotten heart of Europe, guilty!
Seven Surrenders
1
The nails were on the knuckles; the fingers had all rotted away.
Northern California, Oregon, and the Sandwich Islands
2
The fruits rotted on the branches, and the leaves withered and fell.
The Mysterious Stranger, and Other Stories
3
After Loos dead men and horses rotted for days in the sun.
The Parts Men Play
4
There were wooden sidewalks that lasted for several years before they rotted.
Rising tide: the great mississippi flood of 1927 and how it chan...
5
The house itself was sturdy enough, though the roof had rotted badly.
When the wind blows
Usage of decayed in English
1
The stem appears to be good; but the stemson is mostly decayed.
A Voyage to Terra Australis — Volume 2 / Undertaken for the purp...
2
He repeated arguments made earlier in the week, but with decayed authority.
The Guardian
3
There was a smell of something decayed and sour in the room.
The Bishop and Other Stories
4
The strong rule decayed with the failure of the king's personal vigour.
The History of England / From the Accession of Henry III. to the...
5
The brown was the dust of a decayed military cap and blouse.
The Lost Continent
6
Since its cancellation in 2014, the house had decayed and been vandalised.
News.com.au
7
The characteristic odor of decayed horse-radish distinguishes the volatilization of this metal.
A System of Instruction in the Practical Use of the Blowpipe / B...
8
They decayed rapidly and within seconds there was no trace of either.
Legends of the dragonrealm, vol ii
9
A stupefying, deadening odour of decayed flowers struck them in the face.
The Goose Man
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All the iron work was eaten away and the timbers badly decayed.
The Story of Paul Boyton: Voyages on All the Great Rivers of the...
11
The decayed vegetable matter accumulated by centuries ferments under the summer sun.
The Roman Question
12
They will replace decayed brick with sound brick treated with pine oil.
The new yorker
13
Probably you have seen frequent mention in English publications about decayed gentlewomen.
Europe Revised
14
Then they ascended the piazza, the flooring of which was much decayed.
The Rover Boys at College; Or, The Right Road and the Wrong
15
We took Bubu to Paris and had the decayed spot drilled out.
Ruth Fielding at the War Front; or, The Hunt for the Lost Soldie...
16
Humus soil is made up largely of decayed animal and vegetable matter.
The Library of Work and Play: Gardening and Farming.
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