transcription, транскрипция: [ di:kəmpoʊz ]
( decomposes, decomposing, decomposed)
When things such as dead plants or animals decompose , or when something decomposes them, they change chemically and begin to decay.
...a dead body found decomposing in a wood...
The debris slowly decomposes into compost...
The fertiliser releases nutrients gradually as bacteria decompose it.
= rot, decay
VERB : V , V into n , V n
• de‧com‧posed
The body was too badly decomposed to be identified at once.
ADJ