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rot

  [rot] verb, rot⋅ted, rot⋅ting, noun, interjection
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–verb (used without object)
1. to undergo decomposition; decay.
2. to deteriorate, disintegrate, fall, or become weak due to decay (often fol. by away, from, off, etc.).
3. to languish, as in confinement.
4. to become morally corrupt or offensive.
–verb (used with object)
5. to cause to rot: Dampness rots wood.
6. to cause moral decay in; cause to become morally corrupt.
7. to ret (flax, hemp, etc.).
–noun
8. the process of rotting.
9. 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.
a. any of various forms of decay produced by fungi or bacteria.
b. 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:
bef. 900; (v.) ME rot(t)en, OE rotian, c. Fris rotsje, D rotten; (n.) ME, perh. < ON rot (perh. partly deriv. of the v.); cf. ret, rotten )

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

Antonyms:
4, 6. purify.
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Slang Dictionary
rot

  1. n.
    nonsense. : Don't give me any more of your rot. Speak straight with me.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

rot  (v.)
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.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: 2rot
Function: noun
1 : the process of rotting : the state of being rotten
2 : any of several parasiticdiseases especially of sheep marked by necrosis and wasting
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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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.
The American Heritage® Science Dictionary
Copyright © 2002. Published by Houghton Mifflin. All rights reserved.
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