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Meaning of "putrefies" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

PRONUNCIATION OF PUTREFIES

ˈpjuːtrɪfaɪz


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PUTREFIES

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Putrefies is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb putrefies in English.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO PUTREFIES

PRESENT

Present
I putrefy
you putrefy
he/she/it putrefies
we putrefy
you putrefy
they putrefy
Present continuous
I am putrefying
you are putrefying
he/she/it is putrefying
we are putrefying
you are putrefying
they are putrefying
Present perfect
I have putrefied
you have putrefied
he/she/it has putrefied
we have putrefied
you have putrefied
they have putrefied
Present perfect continuous
I have been putrefying
you have been putrefying
he/she/it has been putrefying
we have been putrefying
you have been putrefying
they have been putrefying
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I putrefied
you putrefied
he/she/it putrefied
we putrefied
you putrefied
they putrefied
Past continuous
I was putrefying
you were putrefying
he/she/it was putrefying
we were putrefying
you were putrefying
they were putrefying
Past perfect
I had putrefied
you had putrefied
he/she/it had putrefied
we had putrefied
you had putrefied
they had putrefied
Past perfect continuous
I had been putrefying
you had been putrefying
he/she/it had been putrefying
we had been putrefying
you had been putrefying
they had been putrefying
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will putrefy
you will putrefy
he/she/it will putrefy
we will putrefy
you will putrefy
they will putrefy
Future continuous
I will be putrefying
you will be putrefying
he/she/it will be putrefying
we will be putrefying
you will be putrefying
they will be putrefying
Future perfect
I will have putrefied
you will have putrefied
he/she/it will have putrefied
we will have putrefied
you will have putrefied
they will have putrefied
Future perfect continuous
I will have been putrefying
you will have been putrefying
he/she/it will have been putrefying
we will have been putrefying
you will have been putrefying
they will have been putrefying
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would putrefies
you would putrefies
he/she/it would putrefies
we would putrefies
you would putrefies
they would putrefies
Conditional continuous
I would be putrefying
you would be putrefying
he/she/it would be putrefying
we would be putrefying
you would be putrefying
they would be putrefying
Conditional perfect
I would have putrefies
you would have putrefies
he/she/it would have putrefies
we would have putrefies
you would have putrefies
they would have putrefies
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been putrefying
you would have been putrefying
he/she/it would have been putrefying
we would have been putrefying
you would have been putrefying
they would have been putrefying
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you putrefy
we let´s putrefy
you putrefy
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to putrefy
Past participle
putrefied
Present Participle
putrefying
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PUTREFIES

clarifies · dehumidifies · diversifies · exemplifies · fortifies · identifies · indemnifies · justifies · mollifies · personifies · petrifies · purifies · qualifies · sanctifies · simplifies · stratifies · testifies · transmogrifies · typifies · versifies

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PUTREFIES

putois · putonghua · putout · Putrajaya · putrefacient · putrefaction · putrefactive · putrefiable · putrefied · putrefier · putrefy · putrescence · putrescent · putrescibility · putrescible · putrescine · putrid · putridity · putridly · putridness

WORDS THAT END LIKE PUTREFIES

amplifies · certifies · classifies · defies · demystifies · detoxifies · intensifies · liquefies · modifies · notifies · rarefies · rubefies · satisfies · signifies · specifies · stupefies · tepefies · torrefies · tumefies · verifies

Synonyms and antonyms of putrefies in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «PUTREFIES»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «putrefies» and belong to the same grammatical category.

Translation of «putrefies» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR

TRANSLATION OF PUTREFIES

Find out the translation of putrefies to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of putrefies from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «putrefies» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

putrefies
1,325 millions of speakers
es

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pudre
570 millions of speakers
en

English

putrefies
510 millions of speakers
hi

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putrefies
380 millions of speakers
ar

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putrefies
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

гниет
278 millions of speakers
pt

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putrefies
270 millions of speakers
bn

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putrefies
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

putréfie
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Putrefies
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

verfault
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

putrefies
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

putrefies
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Putrefies
85 millions of speakers
vi

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putrefies
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

putrefies
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

सडणे
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

putrefies
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

imputridisce
65 millions of speakers
pl

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rozkłada
50 millions of speakers
uk

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гниє
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

tendință de putrefacție
30 millions of speakers
el

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σαπίζουν
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

putrefies
14 millions of speakers
sv

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putrefies
10 millions of speakers
no

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putrefies
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of putrefies

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PUTREFIES»

Principal search tendencies and common uses of putrefies
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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about putrefies

EXAMPLES

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PUTREFIES»

Discover the use of putrefies in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to putrefies and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Hegel's Rabble: An Investigation Into Hegel's Philosophy of ...
Any untrue and conceptless existence putrefies and becomes a putrefying existence. This first definition of Verfaulen can be applied to the rabble. That it is not adequate to the concept of the free will—in its different organizations as citizen, ...
Frank Ruda, 2011
2
The Sanitarian
in those who eat them. In England it has been found that the flesh of hares chased and worried by dogs, becomes diseased, and soon putrefies. Old hunters tell us they do not like to eat the meat of deer which have been run and worried by ...
‎1875
3
The Sanitarian
And of another privileged class — stable keepers. It would be an insult to the intelligence of the people of Brooklyn to essay on the danger of storing excrementitious filth until it putrefies, and handling the putrefying mass. But it really seems as ...
Agrippa Nelson Bell, 1894
4
Israel Oriental Studies
The gist of his first statement is that the humour that first putrefies is within the arteries, and the period of abatement is that period between the putrefaction of that thing and of that which lies next to it, as he illustrated from the dunghill. The fever ...
Joel L. Kraemer, 1993
5
The Prolongation of Life: Optimistic Studies
Whereas meat preserved without special care soon putrefies, milk in exactly the same conditions does not putrefy, but becomes sour, the reason being that meat is poor in sugar whereas milk contains a good deal of it. However, the scientific ...
Elie Metchnikoff, Sir Peter Chalmers Mitchell, 1908
6
Bacteria, yeasts, and molds in the home
Allow it to remain frozen for a few hours, and then bring it back into a warm room, leaving it there for a few days to see if it putrefies, in order to determine whether freezing destroys the life of the bacteria in the hay infusion. For this experiment it  ...
Herbert William Conn, 1917
7
The student's handbook of forensic medicine and medical police
In the course of putrefaction they become of a dark-brown colour, bursting, and allowing an escape of their contents ; and they ultimately become changed into a dark pultaceous mass. 5. The Spleen. — This organ in some cases putrefies ...
Henry Aubrey Husband, 1883
8
The Student's Hand-book of Forensic Medicine and Medical Policy
In the course of putrefaction they become of a dark-brown colour, bursting, and allowing an escape of their contents ; and they ultimately become changed into a dark pultaceous mass. 5. The Spleen. — This organ in some cases putrefies ...
Henry Aubrey Husband, 1883
9
Text-book of forensic medicine, and toxicology
The viscera and tissues decompose at different times after death, according to the amount of moisture they contain ; for instance, the brain putrefies rapidly, whilst the bones and nails decompose slowly. If there be sufficient water to allow of the ...
Arthur Pearson Luff, 1895
10
Archives of Scientific and Practical Medicine
But, on the contrary, from the mouse to the whale the blood is identical in one and the other, and in all animals it putrefies as soon as it is withdrawn from the blood- vestels, unless preserved from contact with the vibrios of the air. The invasion ...
‎1873

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PUTREFIES»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term putrefies is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Review: 'Treetop Cat Rescue' on Animal Planet
... cats on screens, we're not paying attention as our environment implodes, our infrastructure degrades, our schools deteriorate, our political system putrefies. «New York Times, May 15»
2
Ohr Torah on the Parsha: Dreamers
Salt symbolizes tears—the tears of sacrifice and commitment—as well as eternity, since salt never putrefies. Salt is therefore the symbol of our covenant with ... «Arutz Sheva, May 15»
3
Avant-Garde Afterlife: Space Shortage Inspires New Burial Ideas
(Today's process deprives a body of oxygen so that it putrefies rather than decomposes.) DeathLab is not the only one trying to reimagine the sector. Promessa ... «NPR, Dec 14»
4
Clean-up Drive is No Carnival
The hot and humid country leads both to fecundity and rapid decay and, therefore, any dirt or garbage quickly putrefies and, if not collected and disposed of, ... «The New Indian Express, Nov 14»
5
Foods that make you smell bad
Red meat: It causes stagnation in the body. It also putrefies in the digestive tract and releases all sorts of toxins into the bloodstream through the large intestine. «Zee News, Oct 14»
6
New DePuy Hip Implant Targeted for Safety Concerns
... of the largest, well-known orthopedic device manufacturers in the world produce a hip implant that poisons, putrefies and requires premature replacement? «JD Supra, Jul 14»
7
How Leather Is Slowly Killing the People and Places That Make It
Rawhide will harden in the heat and, when rewetted, putrefies. Tanned leather, on the other hand, remains flexible in heat and will not putrefy when wetted. «Gizmodo, Jun 14»
8
Speak of the devil! New 'Constantine' trailer packs hellish excitement
She refuses his offer to help — until her deceased grandmother pays a visit and putrefies before her eyes. “You're waking up. You're seeing the world for what it ... «Today.com, May 14»
9
PJL: January 2014 (Part 2)
... they're black-and-white experiences. Colour putrefies them'. Jason Larkin: Tales From the City of Gold – Book review (Emaho Magazine). Jonathan Browning. «TIME, Jan 14»
10
LDS World: Cyclone Ian and lessons from the people of Tonga
... fish float in troubled seas; water sources are contaminated; sitting water putrefies, and rather quickly disease, hunger and famine become serious problems. «Deseret News, Jan 14»
REFERENCE
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