senesce

verb
/səˈnɛs/

Etymology

From Latin senēscere (“to grow old”).

  1. borrowed from senēscō — “to grow old

Definitions

  1. To grow older

    To grow older; to reach maturity.

    • All living organisms senesce.
    • After spawning, salmon rapidly senesce and die due to systemic endocrine alterations.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for senesce. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA