decay
(De-cay)
2 syllables
Definition
noun. a gradual sinking and wasting away of mind or body
verb. fall into ruin; undergo decomposition; break down or rot
verb. fall into ruin; undergo decomposition; break down or rot
Example Sentence
The dentist treated her for tooth decay.
More Example Sentences
The vegetation began to decay.
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decay
Rhymes
- a
- a.
- ae
- ay
- bay
- baye
- bayh
- bey
- blay
- bley
- brae
- bray
- brey
- c'est
- cay
- che
- clay
- cray
- dae
- day
- daye
- de
- dey
- dray
- drey
- fay
- faye
- fe
- fey
- flay
- fray
- frey
- gay
- gaye
- gray
- graye
- grey
- guay
- gway
- haigh
- hay
- haye
- hey
- hwe
- j
- j.
- jae
- jay
- jaye
- k
- k.
- kay
- kaye
- khe
- klay
- kley
- kray
- krey
- lait
- lay
- laye
- lei
- ley
- leyh
- mae
- may
- maye
- mei
- mey
- nay
- ne
- neigh
- nej
- ney
- pay
- paye
- pei
- play
- pray
- prey
- quai
- quay
- quaye
- rae
- ray
- raye
- re
- reay
- rey
- say
- saye
- schey
- schley
- se
- seay
- shay
- shea
- slay
- sleigh
- smay
- snay
- spey
- spray
- stay
- stray
- strey
- sway
- sze
- tae
- tay
- they
- tray
- trey
- vey
- way
- waye
- wei
- weigh
- wey
- whey
- wray
- wy
- yay
- yea
- abbe
- aday
- aggrey
- aigner
- allais
- allay
- anway
- array
- asay
- astray
- away
- b'nai
- b-j
- ballet
- banpais
- beauvais
- belay
- beret
- bernay
- betray
- bombay
- boulais
- boulay
- bouquet
- buffet
- ca
- cache
- cafe
- calais
- callais
- calvey
- carre
- cathay
- chalet
- ciskei
- cliche
- coday
- convey
- crochet
- croquet
- d'orsay
- da
- decay
- defray
- dekay
- delay
- delray
- devey
- dismay
- display
- dk
- donais
- dorais
- dossier
- dovey
- dumais
- dupay
- ek
- essay
- filet
- fillet
- francais
- ga
- galle
- gerais
- gervais
- ha
- halfway
- hefei
- hervey
- hevey
- hongwei
- hooray
- hurray
- ilhae
- imlay
- jaquay
- jose
- jouret
- kamei
- langlais
- levey
- lurvey
- mackay
- maclay
- macrae
- maltais
- manet
- marais
- marquai
- mcbay
- mccay
- mcclay
- mccrae
- mccray
- mccrea
- mcgray
- mckay
- mclay
- mcnay
- mcquay
- mcrae
- mcray
- mcshea
- mcstay
- mcvay
- mcveigh
- mcvey
- millay
- mobay
- monet
- morais
- moray
- moutray
- mulvey
- nihei
- nikkei
- nisei
- nissei
- o'dea
- o'shea
- obey
- oj
- ok
- okay
- olay
- ole
- orsay
- palais
- parquet
- passe
- per-se
- pevey
- porcher
- portray
- prepay
- puree
- purvey
- rene
- renee
- repay
- replay
- resnais
- risque
- saute
- sergei
- servais
- sevey
- shinsei
- sinay
- sochet
- soiree
- sorbet
- souffle
- stupay
- survey
- today
- toray
- torme
- toupee
- turvey
- vadnais
- valet
- voisey
- wah-pei
- zalay
- aaa
- aka
- antigay
- attache
- bouvier
- bta
- bua
- cabaret
- cabernet
- cea
- chevrolet
- dak
- deseret
- disarray
- disobey
- dunlavey
- ekk
- faberge
- fiance
- intraday
- ira
- ita
- jna
- jonbenet
- kkk
- la-carre
- lyonnais
- mcgarvey
- meservey
- monterey
- monterrey
- overplay
- overstay
- perrier
- piaget
- pinochet
- redisplay
- santa-fe
- sta
- touvier
- underplay
- underway
- usa
- uva
- asea
- buga
- cabriolet
- ceta
- cluj
- communique
- compusa
- foia
- hiaa
- l'espalier
- naivete
- noaa
- societe
- yakutakay
- zepa
- waga