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rotting

verb

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.

Synonyms

putrefy

noun

Meaning

  • The process by which something rots.

  • Material that has rotted.