to undergo decomposition; decay.

to deteriorate, disintegrate, fall, or become weak due to decay (often fol. by away, from, off, etc.).

to languish, as in confinement.

to become morally corrupt or offensive.

to cause to rot

Dampness rots wood.

to cause moral decay in; cause to become morally corrupt.

to ret (flax, hemp, etc.).

the process of rotting.

the state of being rotten; decay; putrefaction

the rot of an old house.

rotting or rotten matter

the rot and waste of a swamp.

moral or social decay or corruption.

Pathology . any disease characterized by decay.

Plant Pathology .

any of various forms of decay produced by fungi or bacteria.

any disease so characterized.

Veterinary Pathology . a bacterial infection of sheep and cattle characterized by decay of the hoofs, caused by Fusobacterium necrophorum in cattle and Bacteroides nodosus in sheep.

nonsense.

(used to express disagreement, distaste, or disgust.)

noun

building , development , growth , truth , imputrescence , incorruption , preservation , soundness

verb

build , flourish , grow

noun

blight , canker , decay , decomposition , deterioration , mold , putrefaction , putrescence , balderdash , bilge , bunk , claptrap , drivel , foolishness , guff , hogwash , hooey , moonshine * , poppycock , rubbish , silliness , stuff and nonsense , tommyrot , breakdown , disintegration , putridness , rottenness , spoilage , caries , corruption , degeneration , effluvium , gangrene , mortification , necrosis , putridity

verb

break down , corrupt , crumble , debase , debauch , decay , decline , decompose , degenerate , demoralize , deprave , descend , disimprove , disintegrate , fester , go bad , go downhill , go to pot , languish , molder , perish , pervert , putrefy , retrograde , sink , spoil , stain , taint , turn , warp , waste away , wither , worsen , deteriorate , bosh , breakdown , bull , chaff , contaminate , corrode , maturate , nonsense , poppycock , pustulate , putresce , rubbish , suppurate , trash , twaddle