the word for 17.02.2010 is DECAY

Today's word is Decay. As soon as l looked at today's word list, l knew what my image was going to be! Well actually, there will be a 2 images to show decay! For the last week or so, l have been taking images of a banana on the end of a stick. I know that sounds strange but you will understand it, as soon as you see the image!
                                                                A ripe banana

                                                                                

                                                                A decaying banana

I promise you l did not set this image up. I found it at the bus stop at the front of my flats!

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decay |diˈkā|verb [ intrans. ](of organic matter) rot or decompose through the action of bacteria and fungi : [as adj. ] ( decayed) a decayed cabbage leaf | [as adj. ] (decaying) the odor of decaying fish.• [ trans. ] cause to rot or decompose : the fungus will decay soft timber.• (of a building or area) fall into disrepair; deteriorate : urban neighborhoods decay when elevated freeways replace surface roads.• decline in quality, power, or vigor : the moral authority of the party was decaying.• Physics (of a radioactive substance, particle, etc.) undergo change to a different form by emitting radiation : the trapped radiocarbon begins to decay at a known rate.• technical (of a physical quantity) undergo a gradual decrease : the time taken for the current to decay to zero.nounthe state or process of rotting or decomposition : hardwood is more resistant to decay than softwood | tooth decay.• structural or physical deterioration : the old barn rapidly fell into decay.• rotten matter or tissue : fluoride heals small spots of decay.• the process of declining in quality, power, or vigor : preachers warning of moral decay.• Physics the change of a radioactive substance, particle, etc., into another by the emission of radiation : the gas radon is produced by the decay of uranium in rocks and soil.• technical gradual decrease in the magnitude of a physical quantity :the decay of electrical fields in the electromagnets.ORIGIN late Middle English : from Old French decair, based on Latindecidere ‘fall down or off,’ from de- ‘from’ + cadere ‘fall.’