Decomposing

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