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rot

noun

1 rot

A state of decay usually accompanied by an offensive odor.

synonym: putrefaction.

Roget 655: disease; illness, sickness etc. adj.; ailing &c.; all the ills that flesh is heir to" [Hamlet]; morbidity, morbosity; infirmity, ailment, indisposition; ... show more

Polish: rozłożenie się

2 rot

biology The process of decay caused by bacterial or fungal action.

synonyms: breakdown, decomposition, putrefaction, rotting.

Polish: gnicie

3 rot

Unacceptable behavior (especially ludicrously false statements).

synonyms: buncombe, bunk, bunkum, guff, hogwash.

Dutch: onzin, zever, pesterij, nonsens
Polish: idioctwo, kretyństwo, idiotyzm

verb

1 rot

Break down.

synonyms: decompose, molder, moulder.

Roget 653: be unclean, become unclean etc. adj.; rot, putrefy, ferment, fester, rankle, reek; stink etc. 401; mold, ... show more

Dutch: kneder, vormer

2 rot

Become physically weaker.

synonym: waste.

Dutch: uitteren


adjective

Roget 659: unimproved etc. (improve) etc. 658; deteriorated etc. v.; altered, altered for the worse; injured etc. v.; ... show more

Moby thesaurus: Texas fever, anthrax, aphthous fever, baloney, bighead, bilge, black quarter, blackleg, blackwater, blah, blah-blah, blast, blight, blind staggers, bloody flux, bop, bosh, break down, break up, broken wind ... show more.

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