rot meaning
EN[ɹɑt] [-ɒt]US
WRot
- Rot or rotting may refer to:
- Decomposition, the process by which organic matter breaks down
- Dry rot and wet rot in wood
- Rot-proof, a process to protect materials from decomposition
- Technology
- Bit rot, the gradual electronic decay of storage media and software
- Disk rot, the physical decay of optical disks such as CDs due to chemical or electrical damage
- Software rot, a form of bit rot
- Link rot, in which hyperlinks on web pages become broken over time
- ROT13, a simple substitution cipher in cryptography
- Places
FR rot
- NounPLrots
- VerbSGrotsPRrottingPT, PProtted
- (intransitive) To suffer decomposition due to biological action, especially by fungi or bacteria.
- (intransitive) To decline in function or utility.
- (intransitive) To deteriorate in any way.
- I hope they all rot in prison for what they've done.
- (transitive) To make putrid; to cause to be wholly or partially decomposed by natural processes.
- to rot vegetable fiber
- (transitive) To expose, as flax, to a process of maceration, etc., for the purpose of separating the fiber; to ret.
- (intransitive) To suffer decomposition due to biological action, especially by fungi or bacteria.
- More Examples
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
- He rebuilt the rotted front porch, restoring some of the Victorian filigree in the process, and reshingled the front facade.
- Across the West, crops rotted for the second summer in a row this year because of a weekslong shutdown of visa processing for seasonal farm workers caused by State Department computer problems.
- Used in the Ending of Sentence
- The winding streams and hanging hills repeat / Loud groans from ev'ry herd, from ev'ry fold / Complaintive murmurs; heaps on heaps they fall, / There where they fall they lie, corrupt and rot.
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
Definition of rot in English Dictionary
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Source: Wiktionary