(~es, ~ing, ~ed)
1.
If people or animals ~, they die as a result of very harsh conditions or as the result of an accident. (WRITTEN)
Most of the butterflies ~ in the first frosts of autumn.
VERB: V
2.
If a substance or material ~es, it starts to fall to pieces and becomes useless. (mainly BRIT)
Their tyres are slowly ~ing.
= disintegrate
VERB: V
~ed
...tattered pieces of ancient, ~ed leather.
ADJ: usu ADJ n