[
  {
    "word": "decay",
    "phonetic": "/d\u026a\u02c8ke\u026a/",
    "phonetics": [
      {
        "text": "/d\u026a\u02c8ke\u026a/",
        "audio": "https://api.dictionaryapi.dev/media/pronunciations/en/decay-uk.mp3",
        "sourceUrl": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=86873060",
        "license": {
          "name": "BY-SA 4.0",
          "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0"
        }
      },
      {
        "text": "/di.\u02c8ke\u026a/",
        "audio": ""
      }
    ],
    "meanings": [
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "noun",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "The process or result of being gradually decomposed.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "A deterioration of condition; loss of status or fortune.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [],
        "antonyms": []
      },
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "verb",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "To deteriorate, to get worse, to lose strength or health, to decline in quality.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "The pair loved to take pictures in the decaying hospital on forty-third street."
          },
          {
            "definition": "(of organic material) To rot, to go bad.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "The cat's body decayed rapidly."
          },
          {
            "definition": "(of an unstable atom) To change by undergoing fission, by emitting radiation, or by capturing or losing one or more electrons.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "(of a quantum system) To undergo optical decay, that is, to relax to a less excited state, usually by emitting a photon or phonon.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "Loss of airspeed due to drag.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "To cause to rot or deteriorate.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "The extreme humidity decayed the wooden sculptures in the museum's collection in a matter of years."
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [],
        "antonyms": []
      }
    ],
    "license": {
      "name": "CC BY-SA 3.0",
      "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"
    },
    "sourceUrls": [
      "https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/decay"
    ]
  }
]