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- [drahy rot]
- /draɪ rɒt/
- /draɪ rɒt/
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- [drahy rot]
- /draɪ rɒt/
Definitions of dry-rot word
- noun dry-rot Plant Pathology. a decay of seasoned timber, resulting in its becoming brittle and crumbling to a dry powder, caused by various fungi. any of various diseases of plants in which the rotted tissues are dry. 1
- noun dry-rot any concealed or unsuspected inner decay. 1
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Origin of dry-rot
First appearance:
before 1865 One of the 28% newest English words
First recorded in 1865-70
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Parts of speech for Dry-rot
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
dry-rot popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 53% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data about 57% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.
Synonyms for dry-rot
verb dry-rot
- shrivel — shrink, dry up
- fade — to lose brightness or vividness of color.
- pollute — to make foul or unclean, especially with harmful chemical or waste products; dirty: to pollute the air with smoke.
- wane — to decrease in strength, intensity, etc.: Daylight waned, and night came on. Her enthusiasm for the cause is waning.
- dwindle — to become smaller and smaller; shrink; waste away: His vast fortune has dwindled away.
Antonyms for dry-rot
verb dry-rot
- grow — to increase by natural development, as any living organism or part by assimilation of nutriment; increase in size or substance.
- improve — to bring into a more desirable or excellent condition: He took vitamins to improve his health.
- increase — to make greater, as in number, size, strength, or quality; augment; add to: to increase taxes.
- combine — If you combine two or more things or if they combine, they exist together.
- unite — to join, combine, or incorporate so as to form a single whole or unit.
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Matching words
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