rot
IPA: rˈɑt
noun
- The process of becoming rotten; putrefaction.
- Decaying matter.
- Any of several diseases in which breakdown of tissue occurs.
- (uncountable) Verbal nonsense.
- (broadcasting) Initialism of record of transmission.
- (sports) Abbreviation of refugee Olympics team. (country code for the team)
verb
- (intransitive) To suffer decomposition due to biological action, especially by fungi or bacteria.
- (intransitive) To decline in function or utility.
- (transitive, intransitive) To (cause to) deteriorate in any way, as in morals; to corrupt.
- (transitive) To make putrid; to cause to be wholly or partially decomposed by natural processes.
- (intransitive, figurative) To spend a long period of time (in an unpleasant place).
- (transitive) To expose, as flax, to a process of maceration, etc., for the purpose of separating the fiber; to ret.
- (dated, slang) To talk nonsense.
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Examples of "rot" in Sentences
- The food began to rot.
- Leave the bloated bodies to rot in the sun.
- As the name states, the roots of the plant rot.
- The benefit is that the meat doesn't rot and spoil.
- In Charleston, the colonists left the tea on the docks to rot.
- Livestock and crops simply rot and drop to the parched ground.
- On the boat the pogo sticks warped and rotted and were unusable.
- Soon, the woody debris rotted, and the water was determined undrinkable.
- At the same time much of the undeveloped land in the community was left to rot.
- Because the wood at the center of the tree had rotted it could not be analyzed.