vergaan — meaning in English

English meaning

• decompose verb To break something down into its separate parts or components.
• founder noun A person who establishes an organization, company, or institution.
• perish verb To die, especially suddenly or violently.
• rot verb To decay or break down through the action of bacteria or fungi.

Senses

vergaan is used for these senses in English:

• decompose (intransitive) To rot, decay or putrefy.
• founder (transitive, archaic, nautical) To cause to flood and sink, as a ship.
• moulder (chiefly, Northern England, Scotland) Often followed by away or down: to cause (something) to decay or rot, or to crumble to pieces.
• perish (intransitive) To decay and disappear; to waste away to nothing.
• perish (intransitive) To die; to cease to live.
• rot (intransitive) To suffer decomposition due to biological action, especially by fungi or bacteria.

decompose — full definition

1. verb To break something down into its separate parts or components.
2. verb To rot or decay, especially through natural biological processes.

founder — full definition

1. noun A person who establishes an organization, company, or institution.
2. verb To fail or fall apart, especially of a plan, negotiation, or ship.

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