DELAPIDATE

 Dictionary entry overview: What does delapidate mean? 

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

1. fall into decay or ruin

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• DELAPIDATE (verb)

Meaning:

Fall into decay or ruin

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

delapidate; decay; crumble

Context example:

The unoccupied house started to decay

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

change (undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "delapidate"):

deteriorate (become worse or disintegrate)

corrode; rust (become destroyed by water, air, or an etching chemical such as an acid)

weather (change under the action or influence of the weather)

eat at; erode; gnaw; gnaw at; wear away (become ground down or deteriorate)

droop; wilt (become limp)

ruin (fall into ruin)

break; bust; fall apart; wear; wear out (go to pieces)

Sentence frames:

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