ROT

bunk, bunkum, buncombe, guff, rot, hogwash

(noun) unacceptable behavior (especially ludicrously false statements)

decomposition, rot, rotting, putrefaction, breakdown

(noun) (biology) the process of decay caused by bacterial or fungal action

putrefaction, rot

(noun) a state of decay usually accompanied by an offensive odor

waste, rot

(verb) become physically weaker; “Political prisoners are wasting away in many prisons all over the world”

decompose, rot, molder, moulder

(verb) break down; “The bodies decomposed in the heat”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Noun

ROT (uncountable)

(broadcasting) Initialism of record of transmission.

Proper noun

ROT

(sports) Abbreviation of refugee Olympics team. (country code for the team)

Synonyms

• ROA

Anagrams

• ORT, OTR, RTO, TOR, TRO, Tor, ort, tor

Etymology

Verb

rot (third-person singular simple present rots, present participle rotting, simple past and past participle rotted)

(intransitive) To suffer decomposition due to biological action, especially by fungi or bacteria.

(intransitive) To decline in function or utility.

(ambitransitive) To (cause to) deteriorate in any way, as in morals; to corrupt.

(transitive) To make putrid; to cause to be wholly or partially decomposed by natural processes.

(intransitive, figurative) To spend a long period of time (in an unpleasant place).

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

(dated, slang) To talk nonsense.

Synonyms

• putrefy

Noun

rot (countable and uncountable, plural rots)

The process of becoming rotten; putrefaction.

Decaying matter.

Any of several diseases in which breakdown of tissue occurs.

Verbal nonsense.

Synonyms

• (nonsense): See also nonsense

Anagrams

• ORT, OTR, RTO, TOR, TRO, Tor, ort, tor

Source: Wiktionary

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Rot, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Rotted; p. pr. & vb. n. Rotting.] Etym: [OE. rotien, AS. rotian; akin to D. rotten, Prov. G. rotten, OHG. rozz, G. rösten to steep flax, Icel. rotna to rot, Sw. ruttna, Dan. raadne, Icel. rottin rotten. sq. root117. 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.)

Definition: A disease or decay in fruits, leaves, or wood, supposed to be caused by minute fungi. See Bitter rot, Black rot, etc., below.

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

Definition: 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 Glæosporium fructigenum. F. L. Scribner.

– Black rot (Bot.), a disease of grapevines, attacking the leaves and fruit, caused by the fungus Læstadia 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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