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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 followed 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.).
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Rotting
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| a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare. |
| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
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.
EXPANDPathology. 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.
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COLLAPSEinterjection
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.); compare ret, rotten)
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.); compare ret, rotten)
Related forms
half-rot·ted, adjective
un·rot·ted, adjective
Antonyms
4, 6. purify.
4, 6. purify.
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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"),
EXPANDand 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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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. |
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
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