Meaning

• The process of becoming rotten; putrefaction.

• Decaying matter.

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

• Verbal nonsense.

Meaning

• 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."

• To decline in function or utility.

  "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.

  "to rot vegetable fiber"

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

  "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.