3 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 WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: decomposing adj : becoming rotten; "a field covered with thousands of decomposing bodies"; "John Brown's body lies a-moldering in the grave" [syn: {moldering}, {mouldering}] From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]: 20 Moby Thesaurus words for "decomposing": ablative, biodegradable, corrosive, decomposable, degradable, dilapidated, disintegrable, disintegrated, disintegrating, disintegrative, disjunctive, disruptive, erosive, moldering, ravaged, resolvent, ruinous, separative, solvent, worn
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