A deterioration of condition; loss of status or fortune.
The process or result of being gradually decomposed.
The situation, in programming languages such as C, where an array loses its type and dimensions and is reduced to a pointer, for example by passing it to a function.
To undergo bit rot, that is, gradual degradation.
To deteriorate, to get worse, to lose strength or health, to decline in quality.
To undergo optical decay, that is, to relax to a less excited state, usually by emitting a photon or phonon.
Loss of airspeed due to drag.
To undergo software rot, that is, to fail to be updated in a changing environment, so as to eventually become legacy or obsolete.
To change by undergoing fission, by emitting radiation, or by capturing or losing one or more electrons; to undergo radioactive decay.
To cause to rot or deteriorate.
Of an array: to lose its type and dimensions and be reduced to a pointer, for example when passed to a function.
To rot, to go bad.
To undergo prolonged reduction in altitude (above the orbited body).
An instance of preventing (further) harm or difficulty.
The act, process, or result of saving data to a storage medium.
A saving throw.
A successful attempt by a relief pitcher to preserve the win of another pitcher on one's team.
In various sports, a block that prevents an opponent from scoring.
A point in a professional wrestling match when one or more wrestlers run to the ring to aid a fellow wrestler who is being beaten.
An action that brings one back out of an awkward situation.
To keep (something) safe; to safeguard.
To spare (somebody) from effort, or from something undesirable.
To redeem or protect someone from eternal damnation.
To obviate or make unnecessary.
To catch or deflect (a shot at goal).
To store for future use.
To economize or avoid waste.
To preserve, as a relief pitcher, (a win of another pitcher's on one's team) by defending the lead held when the other pitcher left the game.
To write a file to disk or other storage medium.
To refrain from romantic or (especially in later use) sexual relationships until one is married or is with a suitable partner.
To help (somebody) to survive, or rescue (somebody or something) from harm.
To conserve or prevent the wasting of.
To accumulate money or valuables.
Except; with the exception of.
unless; except