Verb (used with object) : The bacteria decomposed the milk into its solid and liquid elements.    From Dictionary.com. 

Verb (used without object) : The egg began to decompose after a day in the sun.    From Dictionary.com. 

But this kind of decomposed bait is forbidden by the fishery laws.    From Wordnik.com.  [Brittany & Its Byways] Reference

It has been found not to work well on materials such as decomposed granite which remain coarse upon weathering.    From Wordnik.com.  [Potential use of chemical suppressants to reduce remobilized, wind-blown ash] Reference

It was decomposed, meaning it probably died months ago.    From Wordnik.com.  [Latest News] Reference

It was badly decomposed, meaning it probably died months ago.    From Wordnik.com.  [phillyBurbs.com: Home RSS feed] Reference

By the late 80's, both wipers had eventually decomposed.    From Wordnik.com.  [Maggie Van Ostrand: Bullfights Out. Ferdinand In.] Reference

Head this slate is blended with decomposed hard granite.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Cornwall Coast] Reference

"My father looks like a decomposed body," Kenji observes.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Corpse And The Cult] Reference

Even though it looks like humus, it has not yet fully decomposed.    From Wordnik.com.  [Organic Gardener's Composting] Reference

For the same quantity of sugar decomposed much more yeast is formed.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Harvard Classics Volume 38 Scientific Papers (Physiology, Medicine, Surgery, Geology)] Reference

However, humus is not a permanent material and is gradually decomposed.    From Wordnik.com.  [Organic Gardener's Composting] Reference

Then they carried the bodies, which were already badly decomposed, to a house.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chechnya Through Her Eyes] Reference

Linen is flax, derived from the decomposed stalks of a plant of the genus Linum.    From Wordnik.com.  [Vegetable Dyes Being a Book of Recipes and Other Information Useful to the Dyer] Reference

That's a predictable outcome with the cause of death because the body had decomposed.    From Wordnik.com.  [How Did Chandra Levy Die?] Reference

Clean sand was imperative, as any organic impurities soon decomposed, leaving soft spots.    From Wordnik.com.  [Concrete Construction Methods and Costs] Reference

The feeding of spoiled, decomposed feeds may cause serious nervous and intestinal disorders.    From Wordnik.com.  [Common Diseases of Farm Animals] Reference

Just up the hill, the stench of decomposed bodies rose from a pit beneath the leaders 'house.    From Wordnik.com.  [An Apocalyptic Mystery] Reference

The leaves should be immersed in a vessel of rain water and allowed to remain till decomposed.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Ladies Book of Useful Information Compiled from many sources] Reference

Though brown and crumbly and good-smelling and well decomposed, it may only have partially rotted.    From Wordnik.com.  [Organic Gardener's Composting] Reference

It appears to be a decomposed trachyte, in which the feldspar has been affected, but not the mica.    From Wordnik.com.  [The South of France—East Half] Reference

But toxicology experts say that it may be difficult to find meaningful traces in the decomposed corpses.    From Wordnik.com.  [Was Mercy The Motive?] Reference

The faeces may be made up largely of undigested, decomposed milk that adheres to the tail and hind parts.    From Wordnik.com.  [Common Diseases of Farm Animals] Reference

We placed a trace of yeast in one litre of saccharine wort; it propagated, and all the sugar was decomposed.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Harvard Classics Volume 38 Scientific Papers (Physiology, Medicine, Surgery, Geology)] Reference

I've made no attempt to water this pile as it was built, so it is quite dry and has hardly decomposed at all.    From Wordnik.com.  [Organic Gardener's Composting] Reference

Sheriff's detectives are investigating the discovery of a badly decomposed body in Malibu Creek State Park.    From Wordnik.com.  [Malibu Dead Body: Decomposed Corpse Found in Malibu Creek State Park] Reference

Spoiled roots, grains and silage, mouldy, dirty roughage and decomposed slops should not be fed to live stock.    From Wordnik.com.  [Common Diseases of Farm Animals] Reference

A significant amount of the nutrient content of these decomposed rock particles has become plant food or clay.    From Wordnik.com.  [Organic Gardener's Composting] Reference

Others, except for and sometimes in spite of their bandages, looked like horrid, partially decomposed cadavers.    From Wordnik.com.  [Wanderings in the Orient] Reference

However, you will almost never see a dead worm in a worm box because their high-protein bodies are rapidly decomposed.    From Wordnik.com.  [Organic Gardener's Composting] Reference

The decomposed corpses discovered after a spring storm last week may not yield nearly as much information as cops would like.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Husband In Trouble] Reference

We determined the power of the ferment by the relation of the weight of sugar decomposed to the weight of the yeast produced.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Harvard Classics Volume 38 Scientific Papers (Physiology, Medicine, Surgery, Geology)] Reference

The variation of the ratio between the weight of the yeast and that of the sugar decomposed by it now claims special attention.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Harvard Classics Volume 38 Scientific Papers (Physiology, Medicine, Surgery, Geology)] Reference

If, after several turnings and reheatings, the material has not thoroughly decomposed, then the initial C/N was probably too high.    From Wordnik.com.  [Organic Gardener's Composting] Reference

In a moist atmosphere FeCl attracts moisture and, with a part of CuCl, is so decomposed that Fe2Cl3 is formed together with Cu2Cl.    From Wordnik.com.  [Photographic Reproduction Processes] Reference

It simultaneously contains all decomposition stages and inoculates the material above by contact with more decomposed material below.    From Wordnik.com.  [Organic Gardener's Composting] Reference