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To rot is to decompose, or break down into smaller parts. When old food at the back of your refrigerator rots, you should throw it away.

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To undergo a process common to organic substances by which they lose the cohesion of their parts and pass through certain chemical changes, giving off usually in some stages of the process more or less offensive odors; to become decomposed by a natural process; to putrefy; to decay.

Noun
unacceptable behavior (especially ludicrously false statements)

Noun
(biology) decaying caused by bacterial or fungal action

Noun
decay usually accompanied by an offensive odor

Verb
waste away; "Political prisoners are wasting away in many prisons all over the world"

Verb
break down; "The bodies decomposed in the heat"

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v. i.
To undergo a process common to organic substances by which they lose the cohesion of their parts and pass through certain chemical changes, giving off usually in some stages of the process more or less offensive odors; to become decomposed by a natural process; to putrefy; to decay.

v. i.
Figuratively: To perish slowly; to decay; to die; to become corrupt.

v. t.
To make putrid; to cause to be wholly or partially decomposed by natural processes; as, to rot vegetable fiber.

v. t.
To expose, as flax, to a process of maceration, etc., for the purpose of separating the fiber; to ret.

n.
Process of rotting; decay; putrefaction.

n.
A disease or decay in fruits, leaves, or wood, supposed to be caused by minute fungi. See Bitter rot, Black rot, etc., below.

n.
A fatal distemper which attacks sheep and sometimes other animals. It is due to the presence of a parasitic worm in the liver or gall bladder. See 1st Fluke, 2.

Rot

Rot , v. i. [imp. & p. p. Rotted; p. pr. & vb. n. Rotting.] [OE. rotien, AS. rotian; akin to D. rotten, Prov. G. rotten, OHG. rozzn, G. r'94sten to steep flax, Icel. rotna to rot, Sw. ruttna, Dan. raadne, Icel. rottin rotten. &root;117. Cf. Ret, Rotten.] 1. To undergo a process common to organic substances by which they lose the cohesion of their parts and pass through certain chemical changes, giving off usually in some stages of the process more or less offensive odors; to become decomposed by a natural process; to putrefy; to decay.

Fixed like a plant on his peculiar spot, To draw nutrition, propagate, and rot.

2. Figuratively: To perish slowly; to decay; to die; to become corrupt.

Four of the sufferers were left to rot in irons.

Rot, poor bachelor, in your club.

Syn. -- To putrefy; corrupt; decay; spoil.

Rot

Rot, v. t. 1. To make putrid; to cause to be wholly or partially decomposed by natural processes; as, to rot vegetable fiber. 2. To expose, as flax, to a process of maceration, etc., for the purpose of separating the fiber; to ret.

Rot

Rot, n. 1. Process of rotting; decay; putrefaction. 2. (Bot.) A disease or decay in fruits, leaves, or wood, supposed to be caused by minute fungi. See Bitter rot, Black rot, etc., below. 3. [Cf. G. rotz glanders.] A fatal distemper which attacks sheep and sometimes other animals. It is due to the presence of a parasitic worm in the liver or gall bladder. See 1st Fluke, 2.

His cattle must of rot and murrain die.

Bitter rot (Bot.), a disease of apples, caused by the fungus Gl'91osporium fructigenum. F. L. Scribner. -- Black rot (Bot.), a disease of grapevines, attacking the leaves and fruit, caused by the fungus L'91stadia Bidwellii. F. L. Scribner. -- Dry rot (Bot.) See under Dry. -- Grinder's rot (Med.) See under Grinder. -- Potato rot. (Bot.) See under Potato. -- White rot (Bot.), a disease of grapes, first appearing in whitish pustules on the fruit, caused by the fungus Coniothyrium diplodiella. F. L. Scribner.

To undergo a process common to organic substances by which they lose the cohesion of their parts and pass through certain chemical changes, giving off usually in some stages of the process more or less offensive odors; to become decomposed by a natural process; to putrefy; to decay.

To make putrid; to cause to be wholly or partially decomposed by natural processes; as, to rot vegetable fiber.

Process of rotting; decay; putrefaction.

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Usage Examples

It is not all bad, this getting old, ripening. After the fruit has got its growth it should juice up and mellow. God forbid I should live long enough to ferment and rot and fall to the ground in a squash.

Misspelled Form

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Other Usage Examples

I'd rather rot on my own floor than be found by a bunch of bingo players in a nursing home.