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rot
1[ rot ]
verb (used without object)
- to undergo decomposition; decay.
Synonyms: , , ,
- to deteriorate, disintegrate, fall, or become weak due to decay (often followed by away, from, off, etc.).
- to languish, as in confinement.
- to become morally corrupt or offensive.
Antonyms:
verb (used with object)
- to cause to rot:
Dampness rots wood.
- to cause moral decay in; cause to become morally corrupt.
Antonyms:
- to ret (flax, hemp, etc.).
noun
- the process of rotting.
- the state of being rotten; decay; putrefaction:
the rot of an old house.
Synonyms: ,
- rotting or rotten matter:
the rot and waste of a swamp.
- moral or social decay or corruption.
- Pathology. any disease characterized by decay.
- Plant Pathology.
- any of various forms of decay produced by fungi or bacteria.
- any disease so characterized.
- Veterinary Pathology. a bacterial infection of sheep and cattle characterized by decay of the hoofs, caused by Fusobacterium necrophorum in cattle and Bacteroides nodosus in sheep.
interjection
- (used to express disagreement, distaste, or disgust.)
ROT
2- rule of thumb.
rot.
3abbreviation for
- rotating.
- rotation.
rot
1/ ɒ /
verb
- to decay or cause to decay as a result of bacterial or fungal action
- intr; usually foll by off or away to fall or crumble (off) or break (away), as from natural decay, corrosive action, or long use
- intr to become weak, debilitated, or depressed through inertia, confinement, etc; languish
rotting in prison
- to become or cause to become morally corrupt or degenerate
- tr textiles another word for ret
noun
- the process of rotting or the state of being rotten
- something decomposed, disintegrated, or degenerate putrid
- short for dry rot
- pathol any putrefactive decomposition of tissues
- a condition in plants characterized by breakdown and decay of tissues, caused by bacteria, fungi, etc
- vet science a contagious fungal disease of the feet of sheep characterized by inflammation, swelling, a foul-smelling discharge, and lameness
- also interjection nonsense; rubbish
rot
2abbreviation for
- rotation (of a mathematical function)
rot
Verb
- To undergo decomposition, especially organic decomposition; decay.
Noun
- Any of several plant diseases characterized by the breakdown of tissue and caused by various bacteria or fungi.
Other Word Forms
- -dzt adjective
- ܲ·dzt adjective
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of rot1
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
“Grief is rotting your teeth,” the dentist tells him.
Keeping the truth from someone might not be outright dishonesty, but it’s a rot that decays the same way, just festering at a slower pace.
There are also trees known as veterans, which may not necessarily be as old, but they have similar characteristics to ancient trees with high amounts of decay like heart rot.
Regional president Charlie Evans alleged a "moral rot" in the party and said the betting scandal had made last year's general election campaign "nightmarish" for Welsh Tories.
A novelist with a sharp social conscience, whether setting her fiction in the present or past, Groff burrows under the bedrock of culture to explore the moral rot underneath.
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