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noun

• The process of becoming rotten; putrefaction.

• Decaying matter.

• Any of several diseases in which breakdown of tissue occurs.

• Verbal nonsense.

verb

• To suffer decomposition due to biological action, especially by fungi or bacteria.

  Example: The apple left in the cupboard all that time had started to rot.

• To decline in function or utility.

  Example: Your brain will rot if you spend so much time on the computer, Tony!

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

• To make putrid; to cause to be wholly or partially decomposed by natural processes.

  Example: to rot vegetable fiber

• To spend a long period of time (in an unpleasant place).

  Example: to rot in Hell

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

• To talk nonsense.