rot

(Inglese)

Verb

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

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) The process of becoming rotten; putrefaction.
2. (countable, uncountable) Decaying matter.
3. (countable, in-compounds, uncountable) Any of several diseases in which breakdown of tissue occurs.
4. (uncountable) Verbal nonsense.

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/ɹɒt/

Etimologia (Inglese)

Ereditato da inglese medio: roten

Ereditato da inglese antico: rotian

In summary

Inherited 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”).

Concetti

marcire

imputridire

putrefazione

marciume

carie

putrefarsi

decomporsi

putrefare

infradiciare

putredine

decomposizione

corrompersi

far marcire

imputridirsi

infradiciarsi

sciocchezze

danneggiarsi

entrare in putrefazione

diventare aceto

formare schiuma

marcitura

andare a male

marciamo

rovinare

disfacimento

fermentare

galimatias

guastarsi

imputridimento

inasprirsi

marcio

merdata

putridume

puttanata

stronzata

cariarsi

sinonimi

decay

putrefy

decompose

spoil

go bad

decomposition

putrefaction

corrode

moulder

nonsense

molder

corrupt

become rotten

cause to rot

fester

rotting

rotten

corruption

rottenness

rubbish

ruin

deteriorate

bunk

deterioration

decline

waste away

waste

become carious

decaying

degenerate

bunkum

become bad

become putrid

stink

ferment

buncombe

spoilt

wither

mould

disintegration

hogwash

breakdown

guff

putrescence

codswallop

destroyed

denigrate

canker

bollocks

foulness