Definition of "rot" []

• To undergo decomposition, especially organic decomposition; decay. (verb-intransitive)
• To become damaged, weakened, or useless because of decay: The beams had rotted away. (verb-intransitive)
• To disappear or fall by decaying: One could see the blackened areas where the branches had rotted off. (verb-intransitive)
• To languish; decline: "He was thrown into one of Napoleon's dungeons and left to rot” ( Michael Massing). (verb-intransitive)
• To decay morally; become degenerate. (verb-intransitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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