Associations to the word «Decompose»

Wiktionary

DECOMPOSE, verb. (transitive) to separate or break down something into its components; to disintegrate or fragment
DECOMPOSE, verb. (intransitive) to rot, decay or putrefy

Dictionary definition

DECOMPOSE, verb. Separate (substances) into constituent elements or parts.
DECOMPOSE, verb. Lose a stored charge, magnetic flux, or current; "the particles disintegrated during the nuclear fission process".
DECOMPOSE, verb. Break down; "The bodies decomposed in the heat".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats