{
  "pronunciations": {
    "phonetic": "d\u0259\u02c8ke\u026a",
    "listenurl": "/var/www/html/blab/mp3/dic/decay.mp3",
    "transkor": "\uc369\ub2e4"
  },
  "meansorg": [
    {
      "type": "Verb",
      "etymologies": "late Middle English: from Old French decair, based on Latin decidere \u2018fall down or off\u2019, from de- \u2018from\u2019 + cadere \u2018fall\u2019",
      "definitions": "(of organic matter) rot or decompose through the action of bacteria and fungi",
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "decompose"
        },
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "rot"
        },
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "putrefy"
        },
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "go bad"
        },
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "go off"
        },
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "spoil"
        },
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "fester"
        },
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "perish"
        },
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "deteriorate"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        "the body had begun to decay"
      ]
    },
    {
      "type": "Noun",
      "etymologies": "",
      "definitions": "the state or process of rotting or decomposition",
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "decomposition"
        },
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "rotting"
        },
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "going bad"
        },
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "putrefaction"
        },
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "putrescence"
        },
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "putridity"
        },
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "festering"
        },
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "spoilage"
        },
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "perishing"
        },
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "withering"
        },
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "shrivelling"
        },
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "rot"
        },
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "rotting"
        },
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "corrosion"
        },
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "corroding"
        },
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "decomposition"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        "hardwood is more resistant to decay than softwood",
        "bacterial decay"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "meanskor": [
    {
      "type": "\ub3d9\uc0ac",
      "etymologies": "\ud6c4\uae30 \uc911\uc138 \uc601\uc5b4: \uace0\ub300 \ud504\ub791\uc2a4\uc5b4 decair\uc5d0\uc11c, \ub77c\ud2f4\uc5b4 \uacb0\uc815 'fall down or off'\ub97c \uae30\ubc18\uc73c\ub85c, de- 'from' + cadere 'fall'\uc5d0\uc11c.",
      "definitions": "(\uc720\uae30\ubb3c\uc5d0 \ub300\ud558\uc5ec) \ubc15\ud14c\ub9ac\uc544\uc640 \uacf0\ud321\uc774\uc758 \uc791\uc6a9\uc744 \ud1b5\ud574 \uc369\uac70\ub098 \ubd84\ud574\ub41c\ub2e4.",
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "decompose"
        },
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "rot"
        },
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "putrefy"
        },
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "go bad"
        },
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "go off"
        },
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "spoil"
        },
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "fester"
        },
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "perish"
        },
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "deteriorate"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        "\ubab8\uc774 \uc369\uae30 \uc2dc\uc791\ud588\ub2e4."
      ]
    },
    {
      "type": "\uba85\uc0ac",
      "etymologies": "",
      "definitions": "\uc369\uac70\ub098 \ubd80\ud328\ud558\ub294 \uc0c1\ud0dc \ub610\ub294 \uacfc\uc815",
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "decomposition"
        },
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "rotting"
        },
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "going bad"
        },
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "putrefaction"
        },
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "putrescence"
        },
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "putridity"
        },
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "festering"
        },
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "spoilage"
        },
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "perishing"
        },
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "withering"
        },
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "shrivelling"
        },
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "rot"
        },
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "rotting"
        },
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "corrosion"
        },
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "corroding"
        },
        {
          "language": "en",
          "text": "decomposition"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        "\ub2e8\ub2e8\ud55c \ub098\ubb34\ub294 \ubd80\ub4dc\ub7ec\uc6b4 \ub098\ubb34\ubcf4\ub2e4 \ubd80\ud328\uc5d0 \ub354 \uac15\ud558\ub2e4.",
        "\uc138\uade0\uc758 \ubd80\ud328"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "allphrases": [],
  "arrphraseskor": []
}