Decomposed

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Decompose \De`com*pose"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Decomposed}; p.
     pr. & vb. n. {Decomposing}.] [Cf. F. d['e]composer. Cf.
     {Discompose}.]
     To separate the constituent parts of; to resolve into
     original elements; to set free from previously existing forms
     of chemical combination; to bring to dissolution; to rot or


     decay.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Decomposed \De`com*posed"\, a. (Zool.)
     Separated or broken up; -- said of the crest of birds when
     the feathers are divergent.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  decomposed
       adj : broken down or disintegrated by rot; "a badly decomposed
             body"

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  24 Moby Thesaurus words for "decomposed":
     bad, cankered, carious, corrupt, decayed, festering, foul,
     gangrened, gangrenous, gone bad, mortified, necrosed, necrotic,
     peccant, putrefied, putrescent, putrid, rotten, rotting,
     sphacelated, spoiled, suppurating, suppurative, ulcerated