English Explanatory Dictionary

rot

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To suffer decomposition due to biological action, especially by fungi or bacteria.
  2. To decline in function or utility.
  3. To (cause to) deteriorate in any way, as in morals; to corrupt.
  4. To make putrid; to cause to be wholly or partially decomposed by natural processes.
  5. To spend a long period of time (in an unpleasant place or state).
  6. To expose, as flax, to a process of maceration, etc., for the purpose of separating the fiber; to ret.
  7. To talk nonsense.
  8. Damn; blast.
noun
  1. The process of becoming rotten; putrefaction.
  2. Decaying matter.
  3. Any of several diseases in which breakdown of tissue occurs.
  4. Verbal nonsense.
noun
  1. Initialism of record of transmission.
name
  1. Abbreviation of refugee Olympics team (country code for the team).

Pronunciation

rŏt /ɹɒt/ /ɹɑt/ En-us-rot.ogg /ɹɔt/ /ɾɔt/

Word forms

rot rots rotting rotted

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English roten, rotten, from Old English rotian (“to rot, become corrupted, ulcerate, putrefy”), from Proto-West Germanic *rotēn, from Proto-Germanic *rutāną (“to rot”).

Synonyms

putrefy molder ROA

Related words

IOP IOA

Derived words

Alabama rot Armillaria root rot Barcoo rot bed rot bit rot bitter rot black rot brain rot brainrot brain-rot brain-rotting brown rot charcoal rot code rot cotton root rot crotch rot data rot disc rot disk rot dry rot dry-rot fin rot foot rot gambler's rot green rot gut rot heartrot heart rot hoofrot Italian brain rot Java black rot jock rot jungle rot knob rot laser rot linkrot liver rot mahogany rot mushroom root rot noble rot pelt rot pizzle rot potter's rot red rot ring rot root rot rot-13 rot away rot-goose rot gut rotgut rot in hell rot me rot off rot pocket rotproof rot-proof rot-scape rotsome rot-steep
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