(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.
Example Sentences:
(1) Three strains of fluorescent pseudomonads (IS-1, IS-2, and IS-3) isolated from potato underground stems with roots showed in vitro antibiosis against 30 strains of the ring rot bacterium Clavibacter michiganensis subsp.
(2) Severe fruit rot of guava due to Phytophthora nicotianae var.
(3) The evidence suggests that this isozyme is not necessary for soft-rot pathogenesis.
(4) The eurozone's 17 finance ministers began crisis talks in Brussels on Monday night "to stop the rot" with Italian bond yields – the country's cost of borrowing – hitting a new peak of 6.69%, threatening to crash the euro system, and political leaders from virtually all countries outside Germany lining up to demand full-scale ECB intervention.
(5) Bundesliga in 1997 when his team Rot-Weiss Essen was relegated," writes Matthias Gläfke.
(6) The antibiotic is effective in control of cucumber root rot under hydroponic cultivation conditions.
(7) Partly ROT arises from aversion of healthy people to very severe decay.
(8) I would like it to always look as fresh as the day I made it, so part of the contract is: if the glass breaks, we mend it; if the tank gets dirty, we clean it; if the shark rots, we find you a new shark."
(9) Yvonne Roberts: Mea culpa is journalism's dry rot You are right, Lucy, the best confessional writing has a universal truth.
(10) cereanus are also frequently recovered from the rotting tissue being utilized by the Drosophila species, the interactions described here are viewed as a possible adaptation in which the yeast provides benefits to one of its vectors by metabolism of 2-propanol in the habitat.
(11) In preparations stained by congo-rot and covered with arabic gumm amyloid deposits reveal intensive, positive bi refringement, collagen is isotrop, or shows a mild bi refringement.
(12) Extensive metabolism of AT to CO2 by the white rot fungus Phanerochaete chrysosporium (approximately 60% in 30 days) was also demonstrated.
(13) Liverpool still do not look convincing top-four candidates but at least the rot has been stopped.
(14) In 22 mildly deteriorated elderly patients the total score on a reality orientation questionnaire improved after 3 months ROT.
(15) Differences between the pathogen and nonpathogen suggest that regulation of pectate lyase synthesis is related to pathogenicity of soft-rot bacteria.
(16) Fetal hypothalamic-pituitary ROT does not seem to play any part in parturition.
(17) But nothing in the photographs of Gaddafi wounded, dead, dragged through the streets, and finally on display, rotting in public, has been anything like as disgusting as the thoroughly hypocritical and self-deceiving international reaction to these pictures.
(18) When we came the first time we found her trying to cook two slices of rotting apple in a saucepan,” said Valentina.
(19) The difference in washout-efficacy between Pap and Rot on the inhibition of 40-K induced tension was ascribed to a difference in their mitochondrial binding properties.
(20) Two hundred sheep were included in the study, 100 with detectable foot rot lesions and 100 without.
Rout
Definition:
(v. i.) To roar; to bellow; to snort; to snore loudly.
(n.) A bellowing; a shouting; noise; clamor; uproar; disturbance; tumult.
(v. t.) To scoop out with a gouge or other tool; to furrow.
(v. i.) To search or root in the ground, as a swine.
(n.) A troop; a throng; a company; an assembly; especially, a traveling company or throng.
(n.) A disorderly and tumultuous crowd; a mob; hence, the rabble; the herd of common people.
(n.) The state of being disorganized and thrown into confusion; -- said especially of an army defeated, broken in pieces, and put to flight in disorder or panic; also, the act of defeating and breaking up an army; as, the rout of the enemy was complete.
(n.) A disturbance of the peace by persons assembled together with intent to do a thing which, if executed, would make them rioters, and actually making a motion toward the executing thereof.
(n.) A fashionable assembly, or large evening party.
(v. t.) To break the ranks of, as troops, and put them to flight in disorder; to put to rout.
(v. i.) To assemble in a crowd, whether orderly or disorderly; to collect in company.
Example Sentences:
(1) Topical and systemic antibiotic therapy is common in dermatology, yet it is hard to find a rationale for a particular route in some diseases.
(2) If tracer is introduced into the carotid artery after osmotic treatment, brain uptake is increased by a net factor of 50 (a factor of 70 due to elevation of PA, multiplied by 7 due to infusion by the carotid route) as compared to uptake by normal, untreated brain with infusion into a peripheral vein.
(3) The third route was quantitated by its sensitivity to probenecid and its activity was increased in saline buffers and upon addition of glucose and was inhibited by oligomycin.
(4) If the latter is not readily correctable or if the patient is bleeding actively, anticoagulation with intermittent administration of heparin by the intravenous route is indicated.
(5) It is the route the authorities are now adopting, after the wave of taxpayer bailouts in2008-09.
(6) In contrast, albino rats and rabbits failed to succumb to overt disease by subcutaneous and intraperitoneal routes of inoculation.
(7) It was considered worthwhile to report this case due to the problems which arose concerning the choice of a thoracic rather than abdominal route owing to the impossibility of associating cardiomyotomy with anti-reflux plastica surgery because of the reduced dimensions of the stomach.
(8) BT Sport went down this route, appointing Channel 4 Sales, the TV ad sales house that represents the broadcaster and partners including UKTV.
(9) Seventy-eight patients presented optochiasmal arachnoiditis: 12 had trigeminal neuralgia; 1, arachnoiditis of the cerebellopontile angle; 6, arachnoiditis of the convex surface of the brain; and 3, the hypertensive hydrocephalic syndrome due to occlusion of the CSF routes.
(10) These results indicate that major metabolic routes of CB were deacetylation at the 16-position and epimerization at the 3-position via the 3-keto intermediate.
(11) Studies of barbiturate and benzodiazepine self-administration are categorized by species and route of administration.
(12) The route of antigen administration produced no difference in the class of lacrimal immunoglobulin produced.
(13) Poults 3 weeks and older developed temporary tracheal resistance to intranasal challenge following inoculation of either Artvax vaccine or formalin-inactivated Bordetella avium bacterin by the intranasal and eyedrop routes.
(14) Other parameters compared were route of delivery, one- and five-minute Apgar score, birth weight, relative birth order and sex.
(15) The plan was to provide those survivors with escape routes while also giving law enforcement an entry point.
(16) China’s stock market rout Shanghai stocks Chinese shares have tumbled in recent weeks against the backdrop of a slowdown in the world’s second-largest economy .
(17) They were given to volunteers by the subcutaneous route with and without the addition of Al (OH)3 as adjuvant.
(18) The disposition of radiolabeled cocaine in humans has been studied after three routes of administration: iv injection, nasal insufflation (ni, snorting), and smoke inhalation (si).
(19) The State Department said it would review alternative routes for the pipeline to avoid ecologically sensitive areas of Nebraska .
(20) In fact the deep femoral artery represents an exceptional and privileged route for anastomosis that is capable of replacing almost perfectly an obstructed superficial femoral artery and also in a more limited way femoro-popliteal arteries with extensive obstructions.