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rot

UK/ɹɒt/ US/ɹɑt/ fairly common slang
verb (2) noun (3)

verb

1.

break down

  • “The bodies decomposed in the heat”
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2.

waste away

  • “Political prisoners are wasting away in many prisons all over the world”
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noun

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Origin

Inherited 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”).

Phrases

  • Alabama rot from noun or verb
  • Armillaria root rot from noun or verb
  • Barcoo rot from noun or verb
  • bed rot from noun or verb
  • bit rot from noun or verb
  • bitter rot from noun or verb
  • black rot from noun or verb
  • brain rot from noun or verb

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