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- [rot]
- /rɒt/
- /rɒt/
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- [rot]
- /rɒt/
Definitions of rot word
- verb without object rot to undergo decomposition; decay. 1
- verb without object rot to deteriorate, disintegrate, fall, or become weak due to decay (often followed by away, from, off, etc.). 1
- verb without object rot to languish, as in confinement. 1
- verb without object rot to become morally corrupt or offensive. 1
- verb with object rot to cause to rot: Dampness rots wood. 1
- verb with object rot to cause moral decay in; cause to become morally corrupt. 1
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Origin of rot
First appearance:
before 900 One of the 4% oldest English words
before 900; (v.) Middle English rot(t)en, Old English rotian, cognate with Frisian rotsje, Dutch rotten; (noun) Middle English, perhaps < Old Norse rot (perhaps partly derivative of the v.); cf. ret, rotten)
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Parts of speech for Rot
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
rot popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 95% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
rot usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for rot
verb rot
- acidify — to convert into or become acid
- atrophied — exhibiting or affected with atrophy; wasted; withered; shriveled: an atrophied arm; an atrophied talent.
- atrophying — Also, atrophia [uh-troh-fee-uh] /əˈtroʊ fi ə/ (Show IPA). Pathology. a wasting away of the body or of an organ or part, as from defective nutrition or nerve damage.
- bang up — When a prisoner is banged up, they are put in prison and locked in a cell.
- begrime — to make dirty; soil
noun rot
- balderdash — If you say that something that has been said or written is balderdash, you think it is completely untrue or very stupid.
- banana — Bananas are long curved fruit with yellow skins.
- bilge — The bilge or the bilges are the flat bottom part of a ship or boat.
- bosh — empty or meaningless talk or opinions; nonsense
- bs — BS is an abbreviation for 'British Standard', which is a standard that something sold in Britain must reach in a test to prove that it is satisfactory or safe. Each standard has a number for reference.
adj rot
- decomposable — to separate or resolve into constituent parts or elements; disintegrate: The bacteria decomposed the milk into its solid and liquid elements.
- destructible — capable of being or liable to be destroyed
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