rot

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verb
V_es/s
rots
V_ing/Gerund
rotting
V_ed/pp
rotted
  1. 1.

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

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

  2. 2.

    (intransitive)To decline in function or utility.

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

  3. 3.

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

  4. 4.

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

    to rot vegetable fiber

  5. 5.

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

    to rot in prison

    to rot in Hell

    If I hadn't rotted in bed all day I would've come...

  6. 6.

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

  7. 7.

    (dated, slang)To talk nonsense.

  8. 8.

    (imperative, slang, transitive)Damn; blast.

Danh từ

noun
Plural noun:
rots
  1. 1.

    (countable, uncountable)The process of becoming rotten; putrefaction.

  2. 2.

    (countable, uncountable)Decaying matter.

  3. 3.

    (countable, in compounds, uncountable)(chiefly in compounds) Any of several diseases in which breakdown of tissue occurs.

  4. 4.

    (uncountable)Verbal nonsense.

    You're talking rot! I don't believe a word.

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Nguồn gốc từ

Middle English roten, rotten, from Old English rotian (to rot, become corrupted, ulcerate, putrefy), from *rotēn, from Proto-Germanic *rutāną (to rot).

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