rot
Betekenis (Engels)
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- To suffer decomposition due to biological action, especially by fungi or bacteria.
- To decline in function or utility.
- 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.
- To spend a long period of time (in an unpleasant place).
- To expose, as flax, to a process of maceration, etc., for the purpose of separating the fiber; to ret.
- (slang) To talk nonsense.
Concepten
Synoniemen
become rotten
cause to rot
become bad
become putrid
become carious
transmutation
rot away
talk nonsense
taste bad
tommy rot
turn sour
become gangrenous
be decomposed
be putrefied
rotten stuff
become sour
become high
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Uitgesproken als (IPA)
/ɹɒt/
Etymologie (Engels)
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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