| Meaning | Become putrid; decay with an offensive smell. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s; Something is ----ing PP | |
| Entails | smell | emit an odor |
| Broader | decay | Undergo decay or decomposition |
| Spanish | pudrirse, pudrir | |
| Catalan | podrir-se | |
| Adjectives | putrefactive, putrefacient | causing or promoting bacterial putrefaction |
| Nouns | putrefaction | (biology) the process of decay caused by bacterial or fungal action |
| putrefaction | a state of decay usually accompanied by an offensive odor | |
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