Rot

Definition:

  • (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.

Compare rot with other words:

erode vs. rot

rot vs. roy

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rot vs. rota

rot vs. trot

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jot vs. rot

rot vs. tot

dot vs. rot

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roe vs. rot

root vs. rot

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rot vs. row

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pot vs. rot

mot vs. rot

rot vs. sot

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got vs. rot

rat vs. rot

not vs. rot

bot vs. rot

rot vs. rust

rot vs. rote

doty vs. rot

rot vs. sloom

corrode vs. rot

rot vs. wrought

capacious vs. rot

love vs. rot

fester vs. rot

rot vs. rotted

moulder vs. rot

hot vs. rot

rot vs. scab

bletting vs. rot

blet vs. rot

compost vs. rot

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corruption vs. rot

decay vs. rot

bane vs. rot

decompose vs. rot

corrupt vs. rot

rot vs. tissue

nonsense vs. rot

breakdown vs. rot

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rot vs. rotten

ret vs. rot

fiber vs. rot

maceration vs. rot

putrid vs. rot

deteriorate vs. rot

high vs. rot

disease vs. rot