rot

Εννοια (English)

1. To suffer decomposition due to biological action, especially by fungi or bacteria.
2. To decline in function or utility.
3. To (cause to) deteriorate in any way, as in morals; to corrupt.
4. To make putrid; to cause to be wholly or partially decomposed by natural processes.
5. To spend a long period of time (in an unpleasant place).
6. To expose, as flax, to a process of maceration, etc., for the purpose of separating the fiber; to ret.
7. (slang) To talk nonsense.

decay

putrefy

become rotten

cause to rot

become bad

become putrid

become carious

transmutation

rot away

talk nonsense

taste bad

tommy rot

turn sour

cariosity

abuse

become gangrenous

be decomposed

be putrefied

damp off

rotten stuff

become sour

become high

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Προφέρεται ως (IPA)

/ɹɒt/

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

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