English to English
rot
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noun (n)
- a state of decay usually accompanied by an offensive odor(noun.state)source: wordnet30
- (biology) the process of decay caused by bacterial or fungal action(noun.process)source: wordnet30
- Process of rotting; decay; putrefaction.(noun)source: webster1913
verb (v)
- 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.(verb)source: webster1913
- To make putrid; to cause to be wholly or partially decomposed by natural processes; as, to rot vegetable fiber.(verb)source: webster1913