What does rot mean?

Definitions for rot
rɒtrot

This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word rot.

Princeton's WordNet

  1. putrefaction, rotnoun

    a state of decay usually accompanied by an offensive odor

  2. decomposition, rot, rotting, putrefactionnoun

    (biology) the process of decay caused by bacterial or fungal action

  3. bunk, bunkum, buncombe, guff, rot, hogwashverb

    unacceptable behavior (especially ludicrously false statements)

  4. decompose, rot, molder, moulderverb

    break down

    "The bodies decomposed in the heat"

  5. waste, rotverb

    become physically weaker

    "Political prisoners are wasting away in many prisons all over the world"

Wiktionary

  1. rotnoun

    The process of becoming rotten; putrefaction.

  2. rotnoun

    Any of several diseases in which breakdown of tissue occurs.

  3. rotnoun

    Verbal nonsense.

  4. rotverb

    to decay or decompose; to become bad

  5. Etymology: From rotten, roten, from rotian, from rutōnan, from reud-, from. Cognate with rotsje, rotten, rößen and verrotten, rotna. See rotten.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

ChatGPT

  1. rot

    Rot is the process of decaying or decomposition in organic matter, often associated with foul smell and degradation, caused by bacteria, fungi, or other microorganisms. It can also refer to the state of decay or deterioration in non-living entities such as institutions, structures, systems, etc. due to neglect or misuse.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Rotverb

    to undergo a process common to organic substances by which they lose the cohesion of their parts and pass through certain chemical changes, giving off usually in some stages of the process more or less offensive odors; to become decomposed by a natural process; to putrefy; to decay

  2. Rotverb

    figuratively: To perish slowly; to decay; to die; to become corrupt

  3. Rotverb

    to make putrid; to cause to be wholly or partially decomposed by natural processes; as, to rot vegetable fiber

  4. Rotverb

    to expose, as flax, to a process of maceration, etc., for the purpose of separating the fiber; to ret

  5. Rotnoun

    process of rotting; decay; putrefaction

  6. Rotnoun

    a disease or decay in fruits, leaves, or wood, supposed to be caused by minute fungi. See Bitter rot, Black rot, etc., below

  7. Rotnoun

    a fatal distemper which attacks sheep and sometimes other animals. It is due to the presence of a parasitic worm in the liver or gall bladder. See 1st Fluke, 2

  8. Etymology: [Cf. G. rotz glanders.]

Wikidata

  1. ROT

    All aircraft must be able to perform a standard rate turn, also known as a rate one turn. A standard rate turn for airplanes is defined as a 3° per second turn, which completes a 360° turn in 2 minutes. This is known as a 2-minute turn, or rate one. For heavy airplanes a standard rate turn is a 4-minute turn. Instruments, either the turn and bank indicator or the turn coordinator, have the standard rate turn clearly marked. Light aircraft are equipped with 2-minute turn indicators while heavy aircraft are equipped with 4-minute turn indicators. This is very useful to pilots who are out of visual contact with the ground and for air traffic control when appropriate separation of aircraft is desired. The pilot banks the airplane such that the turn and slip indicator points to the standard rate turn mark and then uses a watch to time the turn. The pilot can pull out at any desired direction depending on the length of time in the turn. A rate half turn is normally used when flying faster than 250 kt. The term rate two turn used on some low speed aircraft. Angle of Bank formula The formula for calculating the angle of bank for a specific True Airspeed is:

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Rot

    rot, v.i. to putrefy: to become decomposed: to become morally corrupt: to become affected with sheep-rot.—v.t. to cause to rot: to bring to corruption:—pr.p. rot′ting; pa.t. and pa.p. rot′ted.n. decay: putrefaction: a special disease of the sheep, as of the potato: a decay (called dry-rot) which attacks timber: (slang) rant, bosh.—ns. Rot′-grass, the soft grass: the butterwort: the penny-rot; Rot′gut, bad liquor; Rot′-steep, the process of steeping cottons to remove impurities. [A.S. rotian, pa.p. rotod; cf. Ice. rotinn, putrid.]

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Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. ROT

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Rot is ranked #95545 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Rot surname appeared 191 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Rot.

    72.2% or 138 total occurrences were White.
    21.9% or 42 total occurrences were Asian.
    2.6% or 5 total occurrences were Black.

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Anagrams for rot »

  1. ort

  2. OTR

  3. RTO

  4. TOR

  5. Tor

  6. tor

  7. TRO

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of rot in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of rot in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of rot in a Sentence

  1. Raphael Kouame:

    Brown rot is a concern for farmers.

  2. Frank A. Clark:

    Why not upset the apple cart If you don't, the apples will rot anyway.

  3. Otilea Garcia:

    My father said ‘You’re taking the most important thing in this world to me,’ he was talking about my son, i could not go to Cuba when close relatives died because Castro would not allow us back, not even for funerals. May he rot in Hell.

  4. Sonoma County Supervisor Susan Gorin:

    The fruit on the vines are going to be left to rot, they are smoke-tainted.

  5. Greg Burke:

    We were facing a very serious rot case, and it had to be rooted out, this is an exceptional measure, no doubt, but the serious crimes of Karadima created an exceptional damage in Chile.

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