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verb (used without object)

to undergo decomposition; decay.

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.

verb (used with object)

to cause to rot: Dampness rots wood.

to cause moral decay in; cause to become morally corrupt.

to ret (flax, hemp, etc.).

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noun

the process of rotting.

the state of being rotten; decay; putrefaction: the rot of an old house.

10.

rotting or rotten matter: the rot and waste of a swamp.

11.

moral or social decay or corruption.

12.

Pathology. any disease characterized by decay.

13.

Plant Pathology.

any of various forms of decay produced by fungi or bacteria.

any disease so characterized.

14.

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.

15.

nonsense.

interjection

16.

(used to express disagreement, distaste, or disgust.)

Origin:
before 900; (v.) Middle English rot(t)en, Old English rotian, cognate with Frisian rotsje, Dutch rotten; (noun) Middle English, perhaps < Old Norse rot (perhaps partly derivative of the v.); cf. ret, rotten)

Related forms

half-rot·ted, adjective

un·rot·ted, adjective

Synonyms
1. mold, molder, putrefy, spoil. See decay. 9. decomposition, mold.

Antonyms
4, 6. purify.

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rot¹ (rɒt)

—vb , rots, rotting, rotted
1.	to decay or cause to decay as a result of bacterial or fungal action
2.	(intr; usually foll by off or away) to fall or crumble (off) or break (away), as from natural decay, corrosive action, or long use
3.	(intr) to become weak, debilitated, or depressed through inertia, confinement, etc; languish: rotting in prison
4.	to become or cause to become morally corrupt or degenerate
5.	(tr) textiles another word for ret

—n
6.	the process of rotting or the state of being rotten
7.	something decomposed, disintegrated, or degenerateRelated: putrid
8.	short for dry rot
9.	pathol any putrefactive decomposition of tissues
10.	a condition in plants characterized by breakdown and decay of tissues, caused by bacteria, fungi, etc
11.	vet science a contagious fungal disease of the feet of sheep characterized by inflammation, swelling, a foul-smelling discharge, and lameness
12.	(also interjection) nonsense; rubbish

Related: putrid

[Old English rotian (vb); related to Old Norse rotna. C13 (noun), from Scandinavian]

rot²

—*abbreviation for*
	rotation (of a mathematical function)

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Word Origin & History

rot

O.E. rotian "to decay," from P.Gmc. *rutjan (cf. O.S. roton, O.N. rotna, O.Fris. rotia, M.Du. roten, O.H.G. rozzen "to rot," Ger. rößen "to steep flax"), from stem *rut-. The noun (c.1300) probably is of Scand. origin (cf. Icel. rot, Swed. röta, Dan. røde "decay, putrefaction"),

and is related to the verb. Slang noun sense of "rubbish, trash" is from 1848. Rotgut "unwholesome liquor" is from 1633; rotter "one who is objectionable on moral grounds" is 1894 slang.

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Science Dictionary

rot

  (rŏt) Pronunciation Key
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.

Slang Dictionary

rot definition

n.
nonsense. : Don't give me any more of your rot. Speak straight with me.

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Abbreviations & Acronyms

ROT

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right occipitotransverse (position)

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