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rot
has definitions from the field of biology
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[ verb ] break down
Examples "The bodies decomposed in the heat" Used in print (William C. Smith, "Why Fear Ideas?"...)A successful businessman recently prefaced his address to a luncheon group with the statement that all economists should be sent to the hospitals for the mentally deranged where they and their theories might rot together . Related terms |
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[ noun ] (biology) decaying caused by bacterial or fungal action
Synonyms Used in print (W. E. B. DuBois, Worlds of Color....)First_of_all there was the parsonage , an utterly impossible place for civilized people to live_in , originally poorly conceived , apparently not repaired for years , with no plumbing or sewage , with rat-holes and rot . |
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[ noun ] decay usually accompanied by an offensive odor
Synonyms Used in print (Octavia Waldo, A Cup of the Sun....)Even the stable garage , which housed nothing now but the scent of rot , had a lawn before it . Related terms |
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[ verb ] waste away
Synonyms Examples "Political prisoners are wasting away in many prisons all over the world" Related terms |
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