• Decaying

    Origin

    decay + -ing

    Full definition of decaying

    Verb

    form of verb
    1. Present participle of decay

    Noun

    decaying

    (plural decayings)
    1. The act of something that decays.
      • 1839, William Jenkyn, ‎James Sherman, An Exposition Upon the Epistle of Jude (page 274)Spiritual witherings and decayings are opposite to the word of God.
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