noun
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The process of becoming rotten; putrefaction.
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Decaying matter.
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Any of several diseases in which breakdown of tissue occurs.
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Verbal nonsense.
verb
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To suffer decomposition due to biological action, especially by fungi or bacteria.
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The apple left in the cupboard all that time had started to rot.
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To decline in function or utility.
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Your brain will rot if you spend so much time on the computer, Tony!
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To (cause to) deteriorate in any way, as in morals; to corrupt.
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To make putrid; to cause to be wholly or partially decomposed by natural processes.
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to rot vegetable fiber
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To spend a long period of time (in an unpleasant place).
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to rot in Hell
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To expose, as flax, to a process of maceration, etc., for the purpose of separating the fiber; to ret.
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To talk nonsense.
Examples of rot in a Sentence
Memon stopped close enough for her to smell the rot on his breath.
Ice has its grain as well as wood, and when a cake begins to rot or "comb," that is, assume the appearance of honeycomb, whatever may be its position, the air cells are at right angles with what was the water surface.
The VP you can let rot, he added.
An older man with dementia left to rot and finally die in an old folks' home.
It is no longer legal for people to be secretly arrested, not charged, and left to rot in jail.
But he's absent minded 'cause he forgets he's got a full refrigerator of stuff that's going to rot and stink up the place.
If it should continue so long as to cause the seeds to rot in the ground and destroy the potatoes in the low lands, it would still be good for the grass on the uplands, and, being good for the grass, it would be good for me.
This wood is in great part already dead substance, but the mycelium gradually invades the vessels occupied with the transmission of water up the trunk, cuts off the current, and so kills the tree; in other cases such Fungi attack the roots, and so induce rot and starvation of oxygen, resulting in fouling.
I heard of a church that had dry rot.
In " Root rot," as the name implies, the roots are attacked, the fungus being a species of Ozonium, which envelops the roots in a white covering of mould or mycelium.
The iron sulphate solution should be used while the vines are in a dormant condition, and diseased parts should be cleared away and burned, The black rot, like the Uncinula and Plasmopara, is also American in its origin.
Replying to Mary of Modena, who had sent a message deprecating his ill-will, he wished his arm might rot off if he ever used pen or sword in their service again!
Hence its synonyms, "wall-saltpetre" and "lime-saltpetre"; from its disintegrating action on mortar, it is sometimes referred to as "saltpetre rot."
The trees for a considerable period show little sign of unhealthiness, but eventually the stem begins to swell somewhat near the root, and the whole tree gradually goes off as the disease advances; when cut down, the trunk is found to be decayed at the centre, the " rot " usually commencing near the ground.
When, on the other hand, the wood becomes alternately wet and dry, "wet rot" results.
At the instant t+t, Ox, Oy, Os will no longer coincide with Ox, Oy, Os; in particular they will make with Ox angles whose cosines are, to the first order, I, rot, qOt, respectively.
In rot Marius overthrew them on the Raudine Plain near Vercellae.
The wood of the white pine is durable for indoor use, especially when protected by paint, but when exposed to moist air it rapidly decays, and it is very liable to dry rot; it is said to be best when grown on sandy soils.
The rotting of tubers after lifting may be due to various causes, but the infection of the tubers by the Phytophthora already mentioned is a frequent source of this trouble, while "Winter Rot" is due to the fungus Nectria Solani.
Flowers of sulphur plentifully sprinkled over the potatoes before storing has been found to check the spread of the rot in the heap.
The Rot nh parliament orum end with Henry VII., but in 1509 begin the journals of the House of Lords, and in 1547 the journals of the House of Commons.
Under the " Iron Tsar " the outward semblance of authority was perfectly maintained; but behind this imposing façade the whole structure of the Russian administrative system continued to rot and crumble.
The distant clamor of voices became a nearby roar, and the stench of rot foul made her
Investigation of suitable biocide to treat wet rot affected timbers.
They do not rot (they are not biodegradable ).
This hard, woody, perennial, bracket fungus is very common in Scottish birch woods, where it causes a brown rot.
Winds can drive rain around window casements, causing them to rot.
Fusarium rot, which usually causes the corm to disintegrate in the soil or during storage, shows itself as corrugated surface lesions.
Just let them slowly disintegrate into the rot they are.
This sum proved totally inadequate generations later to meet the cost of eradicating the dry rot at an estimated sum of £ 40,000.
The actual removal was delayed over the Christmas period while seating was restricted in the area affected by dry rot.
Classification of fluorescent soft rot Pseudomonas bacteria, including P. marginalis strains, using whole cell fatty acid analysis.
The infection has reached the fish's body A extreme example of fin rot of the caudal fin.
Back to Top My fish has ragged fins / fin rot...?
It provides information on the disease foot rot, which affects sheep flocks.
What once was left to rot has now become the lifeblood of our cities.
Before planting, skim off grass turfs with a spade and pile upside down in a corner to rot down to form loam.
Two bulbs have succumbed to a rot that luckily did not spread all through the whole potful.
High levels may indicate the presence of wet rot.
One 28-acre crop of hay had to be chopped and left to rot because there was too much to hand rogue.
Ammoniacal nitrogen may increase blossom-end rot as excess ammonium ions reduce calcium uptake.
Gordon Hanks gave a talk on the control of basal rot at an HDC Narcissus Seminar in Spalding.
Continue to feed on a regular basis, mist the plants daily and remember to water well and consistently to avoid blossom end rot.
Problem - Rot (dry) The plant slowly shrinks and dries out, going rubbery.
Tips of emerging leaves appear brown and scorched, and often shrivel and rot.
But most of these teeth would rot and go very smelly, went funny colors and looked very strange!
E. c. subsp. carotovora (Ecc ), however, causes soft rot of a wide range of plants, including potato.
It is a bacterial soft rot which can cause a rapid reduction in the quality and market value of the potato crop.
Perhaps this dangerous latitude comes of the fact that we never have any temperance " rot " going on in Hartford.
Do not use newspaper or carpet as a liner underlay, as after time it will rot allowing stones through.