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Rot Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Rot? [n] unacceptable behavior (especially ludicrously false statements); "I put up with a lot of bullshit from that jerk"; "what he said was mostly bull" [n] (biology) decaying caused by bacterial or fungal action [n] decay usually accompanied by an offensive odor [v] waste away; "Political prisoners are wasting away in many prisons all over the world" [v] break down; "The bodies decomposed in the heat" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Rot: bull \| bullshit \| buncombe \| bunk \| bunkum \| crap \| decompose \| decomposition \| dogshit \| guff \| hogwash \| horseshit \| Irish bull \| molder \| moulder \| putrefaction \| putrefaction \| rotting \| shit \| waste Related Terms \| Find terms related to Rot: See Also \| corruption \| decay \| decay \| decay \| degenerate \| deteriorate \| drivel \| drop \| gangrene \| hang \| mortify \| necrose \| putrescence \| putridness \| rottenness \| sphacelate Rot In Webster's Dictionary \Rot\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Rotted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Rotting}.] [OE. rotien, AS. rotian; akin to D. rotten, Prov. G. rotten, OHG. rozz?n, G. r["o]sten to steep flax, Icel. rotna to rot, Sw. ruttna, Dan. raadne, Icel. rottin rotten. [root]117. Cf. {Ret}, {Rotten}.] 1. 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. Fixed like a plant on his peculiar spot, To draw nutrition, propagate, and rot. --Pope. 2. Figuratively: To perish slowly; to decay; to die; to become corrupt. Four of the sufferers were left to rot in irons. --Macaulay. Rot, poor bachelor, in your club. --Thackeray. Syn: To putrefy; corrupt; decay; spoil. \Rot\, v. t. 1. To make putrid; to cause to be wholly or partially decomposed by natural processes; as, to rot vegetable fiber. 2. To expose, as flax, to a process of maceration, etc., for the purpose of separating the fiber; to ret. \Rot\, n. 1. Process of rotting; decay; putrefaction. 2. (Bot.) A disease or decay in fruits, leaves, or wood, supposed to be caused by minute fungi. See {Bitter rot}, {Black rot}, etc., below. 3. [Cf. G. rotz glanders.] 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. His cattle must of rot and murrain die. --Milton. {Bitter rot} (Bot.), a disease of apples, caused by the fungus {Gl[ae]osporium fructigenum}. --F. L. Scribner. {Black rot} (Bot.), a disease of grapevines, attacking the leaves and fruit, caused by the fungus {L[ae]stadia Bidwellii}. --F. L. Scribner. {Dry rot} (Bot.) See under {Dry}. {Grinder's rot} (Med.) See under {Grinder}. {Potato rot}. (Bot.) See under {Potato}. {White rot} (Bot.), a disease of grapes, first appearing in whitish pustules on the fruit, caused by the fungus {Coniothyrium diplodiella}. --F. L. Scribner.

Rot Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Rot?

[n] unacceptable behavior (especially ludicrously false statements); "I put up with a lot of bullshit from that jerk"; "what he said was mostly bull"
[n] (biology) decaying caused by bacterial or fungal action
[n] decay usually accompanied by an offensive odor
[v] waste away; "Political prisoners are wasting away in many prisons all over the world"
[v] break down; "The bodies decomposed in the heat"

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Rot In Webster's Dictionary

\Rot\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Rotted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Rotting}.] [OE. rotien, AS. rotian; akin to D. rotten, Prov.
G. rotten, OHG. rozz?n, G. r["o]sten to steep flax, Icel.
rotna to rot, Sw. ruttna, Dan. raadne, Icel. rottin rotten.
[root]117. Cf. {Ret}, {Rotten}.]
1. 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.

         Fixed like a plant on his peculiar spot, To draw
         nutrition, propagate, and rot.        --Pope.

2. Figuratively: To perish slowly; to decay; to die; to
   become corrupt.

         Four of the sufferers were left to rot in irons.
                                               --Macaulay.

         Rot, poor bachelor, in your club.     --Thackeray.

Syn: To putrefy; corrupt; decay; spoil.


\Rot\, v. t.
1. To make putrid; to cause to be wholly or partially
   decomposed by natural processes; as, to rot vegetable
   fiber.

2. To expose, as flax, to a process of maceration, etc., for
   the purpose of separating the fiber; to ret.


\Rot\, n.
1. Process of rotting; decay; putrefaction.

2. (Bot.) A disease or decay in fruits, leaves, or wood,
   supposed to be caused by minute fungi. See {Bitter rot},
   {Black rot}, etc., below.

3. [Cf. G. rotz glanders.] 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.

         His cattle must of rot and murrain die. --Milton.

{Bitter rot} (Bot.), a disease of apples, caused by the
   fungus {Gl[ae]osporium fructigenum}. --F. L. Scribner.

{Black rot} (Bot.), a disease of grapevines, attacking the
   leaves and fruit, caused by the fungus {L[ae]stadia
   Bidwellii}. --F. L. Scribner.

{Dry rot} (Bot.) See under {Dry}.

{Grinder's rot} (Med.) See under {Grinder}.

{Potato rot}. (Bot.) See under {Potato}.

{White rot} (Bot.), a disease of grapes, first appearing in
   whitish pustules on the fruit, caused by the fungus
   {Coniothyrium diplodiella}. --F. L. Scribner.

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