rot

1 decay usually accompanied by an offensive odor [syn: putrefaction]

2 (biology) decaying caused by bacterial or fungal action [syn: decomposition, rotting, putrefaction]

3 unacceptable behavior (especially ludicrously false statements) [syn: bunk, bunkum, buncombe, guff, hogwash]

1 break down; "The bodies decomposed in the heat" [syn: decompose, molder, moulder]

2 waste away; "Political prisoners are wasting away in many prisons all over the world" [syn: waste] [also: rotting, rotted]

see Rot

English

Pronunciation

GenAm [ɹɑt]

• Rhymes: -ɒt

Verb

1. to decay or decompose; to become bad

Derived terms

• potter's rot

Translations

• Arabic: (’áfsada), (fásada)
• trreq Basque
• Chinese: 腐化 (fǔhuà)
• Dutch: rotten, vergaan
• Finnish: mädäntyä
• French: pourrir
• Georgian: ლპობა (lpoba), დალპობა (dalpoba), ჩალპობა (čalpoba), ხრწნა (xrts‘na)
• German: verrotten, verderben
• Greek: σαπίζω (sapízo)
• Italian: marcire
• Japanese: 腐る (くさる, kusáru)
• Korean: 썩다 (sseokda), 부패하아 (bupaehada)
• Latin: pūtesco, tābesco
• Russian: гнить (gnit’)
• Romanian: putrezi, descompune
• Spanish: pudrir, podrir
• Swedish: ruttna
• Turkish: çürümek

Noun

1. The process of becoming rotten; putrefaction
2. Any of several diseases in which breakdown of tissue occurs
3. nonsensical talk

Catalan

Etymology

Latin ructus

Noun

rot

1. belcher

Dutch

Adjective

rot

1. rotten, spoiled, decayed, putrid
2. rotten, tedious, unkind, mean

Noun

rot (Plural: rotten, diminutive: rotje, plural diminutive: rotjes)

1. rot, something rotten, something rotting
2. a military term meaning a lineup of men: file

Verb

rot

1. singular conjugation of the verb rotten: to rot

Derived terms

• een oude rot an old hand
• rot op a not so friendly way to say go away (i.e.: fuck off)
• rot- noun prefix to give it a negative meaning. For example: rotweer = shitty weather, die rothond = that damn dog

French

Noun

rot

1. belch, burp

Synonyms

• renvoi

German

Pronunciation

• [ʁoːt]

Etymology

Old High German rōt, akin to Old Saxon rōd, compare Dutch rood''

Adjective

1. red
2. In the context of "politics|Germany|lang=de": pertaining to the SPD (a large social democratic party in Germany)

Derived terms

• rothaarig
• Rotkehlchen
• Rotstift
• Rotwein
• röten
• Rötung

Related terms

• Rot

Norwegian

Verb

1. Form of imperative, rote

Old High German

Etymology

Common Germanic *raudhaz, whence also Old English rēad, Old Norse rauðr

Adjective

rōt

1. red

Swedish

Pronunciation

Noun

1. root; the part of a plant under the surface.
2. the part of a tooth extending into the bone holding the tooth in place
3. source; an underlying cause

   Kärleken till pengar är roten till allt ont = The love of money is the root of all evil

4. Of a number , a positive number which, when raised to a specified power, yields n; the square root is understood if no power is specified

   Kubikroten ur 27 är 3 = The cube root of 27 is 3

   Multiplicera med roten ur 2 = Multiply by root 2

5. A zero (of a function).
6. A designated node in a tree.
7. curl; a measure on how fast a vector field rotates: it can be described as the cross product of del and a given vectorial field
8. root directory
9. (philology) A word from which another word is derived.

Synonyms

• källa (3)
• nollställe (5)

See also

• rötter
• rota (sig)

Rot or Rotting may refer to:

• The general decomposition of organic objects
  • Dry rot and wet rot in wood
  • Bit rot, decay of storage media like CDs and DVDs
• Rot (mathematics), a vector operator in mathematics
• ROT13, a simple substitution cipher
• Tarom by International Civil Aviation Organization code
• Rotting (band), a metal group from Canada
• Rotting (album), an album by the Brazilian metal band Sarcofago
• Rot (Danube), a river in Upper Swabia, Germany
• Rot an der Rot, a village on the above river

See also

• Roth

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