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decompose
Overview of verb decompose
The verb decompose has 3 senses (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (4) decompose, break up, break down -- (separate (substances) into constituent elements or parts)
2. disintegrate, decay, decompose -- (lose a stored charge, magnetic flux, or current; "the particles disintegrated during the nuclear fission process")
3. decompose, rot, molder, moulder -- (break down; "The bodies decomposed in the heat")
Antonyms of verb decompose
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb decompose
3 senses of decompose
Sense 1
decompose, break up, break down
=> separate
=> change integrity
=> change
Sense 2
disintegrate, decay, decompose
=> change integrity
=> change
Sense 3
decompose, rot, molder, moulder
=> decay
=> change
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb decompose
2 of 3 senses of decompose
Sense 1
decompose, break up, break down
=> digest
=> dissociate
=> crack
Sense 3
decompose, rot, molder, moulder
=> biodegrade
=> hang
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb decompose
3 senses of decompose
Sense 1
decompose, break up, break down
=> separate
Sense 2
disintegrate, decay, decompose
=> change integrity
Sense 3
decompose, rot, molder, moulder
=> decay
'Cause To' of verb decompose
Derived Forms of verb decompose
2 of 3 senses of decompose
Sense 1
decompose, break up, break down
RELATED TO>(noun) decomposition#3
=> decomposition, decomposition reaction, chemical decomposition reaction
Sense 3
decompose, rot, molder, moulder
RELATED TO>(noun) decomposition#5
=> decomposition, rot, rotting, putrefaction
RELATED TO>(noun) decomposition#4
=> decay, decomposition
Domain of verb decompose
2 of 3 senses of decompose
Sense 1
decompose, break up, break down
TOPIC>(noun) chemistry#1, chemical science#1
Sense 2
disintegrate, decay, decompose
TOPIC>(noun) physics#1, physical science#1, natural philosophy#1
Domain Terms of verb decompose
Familiarity of verb decompose
decompose used as a verb is uncommon (polysemy count =3)
Sample Sentences of verb decompose
3 senses of decompose
Sense 1
decompose, break up, break down
*> Somebody ----s somebody
*> Something ----s something
Sense 2
disintegrate, decay, decompose
*> Something ----s
Sense 3
decompose, rot, molder, moulder
*> Something ----s
*> Something ----s something
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb decompose
3 senses of decompose
Sense 1
decompose, break up, break down
> separate
=> decompose, break up, break down
=> dialyse, dialyze
=> peptize, peptise
=> macerate
=> tease, card
=> filter, filtrate, strain, separate out, filter out
=> extract
=> fractionate
=> fractionate
=> sift, sieve, strain
=> wash
=> avulse
Sense 2
disintegrate, decay, decompose
> change integrity
=> reform
=> polymerize, polymerise
=> polymerize, polymerise
=> explode, burst
=> explode, detonate, blow up, set off
=> cook
=> break up, disperse, scatter
=> break, separate, split up, fall apart, come apart
=> pasteurize, pasteurise
=> condense
=> evaporate, vaporize, vaporise
=> burn, incinerate
=> blend, flux, mix, conflate, commingle, immix, fuse, coalesce, meld, combine, merge
=> disintegrate
=> disintegrate, decay, decompose
=> thicken, inspissate
=> gasify, vaporize, vaporise, aerify
=> liquefy, flux, liquify
=> solidify
=> solidify
=> crystallize, crystallise, crystalize, crystalise
=> dissolve, resolve, break up
=> demulsify
=> jellify, jelly
=> jellify
=> separate
=> crumble, crumple, tumble, break down, collapse
=> divide, split, split up, separate, dissever, carve up
Sense 3
decompose, rot, molder, moulder
> decay
=> decompose, rot, molder, moulder
=> spoil, go bad
=> putrefy
=> deliquesce
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb decompose
Sense 1
decompose, break up, break down
=> separate
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Sense 2
disintegrate, decay, decompose
=> change integrity
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Sense 3
decompose, rot, molder, moulder
=> decay
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Grep of verb decompose
decompose
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