PUTREFY (putrefied)

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: putrefied   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does putrefy mean? 

• PUTREFY (verb)
  The verb PUTREFY has 1 sense:

1. become putrid; decay with an offensive smell

  Familiarity information: PUTREFY used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PUTREFY (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they putrefy    ... he / she / it putrefies   
Past simple: putrefied   
Past participle: putrefied   
-ing form: putrefying   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Become putrid; decay with an offensive smell

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Context example:

organic matter putrefies

Hypernyms (to "putrefy" is one way to...):

decay (undergo decay or decomposition)

"Putrefy" entails doing...:

smell (emit an odor)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP

Derivation:

putrefacient (causing or promoting bacterial putrefaction)

putrefaction ((biology) the process of decay caused by bacterial or fungal action)

putrefaction (a state of decay usually accompanied by an offensive odor)

putrefactive (causing or promoting bacterial putrefaction)