noun
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The process of becoming rotten; putrefaction.
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Decaying matter.
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Any of several diseases in which breakdown of tissue occurs.
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Verbal nonsense.
verb
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To suffer decomposition due to biological action, especially by fungi or bacteria.
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The apple left in the cupboard all that time had started to rot.
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To decline in function or utility.
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Your brain will rot if you spend so much time on the computer, Tony!
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To (cause to) deteriorate in any way, as in morals; to corrupt.
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To make putrid; to cause to be wholly or partially decomposed by natural processes.
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to rot vegetable fiber
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To spend a long period of time (in an unpleasant place).
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to rot in Hell
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To expose, as flax, to a process of maceration, etc., for the purpose of separating the fiber; to ret.
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To talk nonsense.
Examples of rots in a Sentence
Also note that peas do suffer from root rots, especially in overly wet or poorly drained soils.
This Lobelia suffers from a kind of rust, which fastens on the main fleshy roots when the plants are at rest, and rots them.
The tan bark rots slowly and gives a loose, well-drained soil, which will not pack.
If standing water rots away your plants before they have time to bloom, a raised bed can solve this problem.
Opponents of video games have claimed that it rots the brain, induces violence in people, and slowly eats away at a child's attention span.
In some cases the heart-wood, instead of becoming specially hard, remains soft and easily rots, so that the trunk of the tree frequently becomes hollow, as is commonly the case in the willow.
Do not give them carbonated water as this has carbolic acid which rots teeth.
As the material rots it also produces leachate, a polluting liquid that can seep into rivers.
Tyson proposed that because meat rots so quickly outside the body it will incite internal putrefaction if taken into the body.