putrefy

putrefy is a 7-letter English word with 5 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To render putrid; to cause to decay offensively; to cause to be decomposed; to cause to rot. Face value is 15 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

7 letters · Scrabble 15 · Words With Friends 16 · 5 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. To render putrid; to cause to decay offensively; to cause to be decomposed; to cause to rot.
2. transitive verb. To corrupt; to make foul.
3. transitive verb. To make morbid, carious, or gangrenous; as, to putrefy an ulcer or wound.
4. intransitive verb. To become putrid; to decay offensively; to rot.
5. verb. become putrid; decay with an offensive smell

   "organic matter putrefies"

Common word forms

putrefied, putrefier, putrefies, putrefying

Words from these letters

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