decomposed

3 definitions found

decomposed - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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.
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  Decomposed \De`com*posed"\, a. (Zool.)
     Separated or broken up; -- said of the crest of birds when
     the feathers are divergent.
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decomposed - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  24 Moby Thesaurus words for "decomposed":
     bad, cankered, carious, corrupt, decayed, festering, foul,
     gangrened, gangrenous, gone bad, mortified, necrosed, necrotic,
     peccant, putrefied, putrescent, putrid, rotten, rotting,
     sphacelated, spoiled, suppurating, suppurative, ulcerated