decompor — meaning in English

English meaning

• decompose verb To break something down into its separate parts or components.
• parse verb To break a sentence down into its grammatical parts and explain how they relate to each other.

Senses

decompor is used for these senses in English:

• break down (ergative, figuratively) To divide into parts to give more details, to provide a more indepth analysis of.
• decompose (transitive) To separate or break down (something) into its components.
• decompose (intransitive) To rot, decay or putrefy.
• parse (linguistics, ambitransitive) To resolve (a sentence, etc.) into its elements, pointing out the several parts of speech, and their relation to each other by agreement or government; to analyze and describe grammatically. [from mid 16th c.]

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.

parse — full definition

1. verb To break a sentence down into its grammatical parts and explain how they relate to each other.
2. verb To look at something very carefully.
3. verb To split (a file or other input) into pieces of data that can be easily manipulated or stored.
4. verb To check whether a piece of code or text follows the rules of a particular grammar by breaking it down.

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