decaying (verb)

  • 11Aristotle: Aesthetics and philosophy of mind — David Gallop AESTHETICS Aesthetics, as that field is now understood, does not form the subjectmatter of any single Aristotelian work. No treatise is devoted to such topics as the essential nature of a work of art, the function of art in general,… …

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  • 12compost — com|post1 [ kam,poust ] noun uncount a mixture of decaying plants and vegetables that is added to soil to improve its quality compost com|post 2 [ kam,poust ] verb transitive to make decaying plants and vegetables into compost …

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  • 13compost — I UK [ˈkɒmpɒst] / US [ˈkɑmˌpoʊst] noun [uncountable] a mixture of decaying plants and vegetables that is added to soil to improve its quality II UK [ˈkɒmpɒst] / US [ˈkɑmˌpoʊst] verb [transitive] Word forms compost : present tense I/you/we/they… …

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  • 14PID controller — A block diagram of a PID controller A proportional–integral–derivative controller (PID controller) is a generic control loop feedback mechanism (controller) widely used in industrial control systems – a PID is the most commonly used feedback… …

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  • 15flesh — noun 1 soft part of sb s body ADJECTIVE ▪ firm, smooth, soft, tender ▪ pale, pink, white ▪ bare …

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  • 16fester — [[t]fe̱stə(r)[/t]] festers, festering, festered 1) VERB (disapproval) If you say that a situation, problem, or feeling is festering, you disapprove of the fact that it is being allowed to grow more unpleasant or full of anger, because it is not… …

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  • 17preserve — [[t]prɪzɜ͟ː(r)v[/t]] ♦♦♦ preserves, preserving, preserved 1) VERB If you preserve a situation or condition, you make sure that it remains as it is, and does not change or end. [V n] We will do everything to preserve peace... [V n] The meeting… …

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  • 18majority — We are concerned here with three related uses, two of them relatively straightforward and one that gives rise to a difficulty: 1. majority = ‘a superiority in numbers’, especially in political contexts, ‘the amount by which a winning vote exceeds …

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  • 19dheu-4, dheu̯ǝ- (dhu̯ē-, extended dhuē̯ -k-, dhuē̯ -̆ s-) —     dheu 4, dheu̯ǝ (dhu̯ē , extended dhuē̯ k , dhuē̯ ̆ s )     English meaning: to reel, dissipate, blow, *smoke, dark, gray, deep etc.     Deutsche Übersetzung: ‘stieben, wirbeln, especially von Staub, Rauch, Dampf; wehen, blow, Hauch, Atem;… …

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  • 20genealogize — ˌjīz verb ( ed/ ing/ s) intransitive verb : to investigate or relate the history of descents the grotesque genealogizing that decaying aristocracies affect H.L.Mencken transitive verb : to trace or chart the genealogy of …

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