Rot is valid Scrabble Word

Definitions for ROT in dictionary:

VERB:
• to decompose
• (chiefly of animal or vegetable matter) decay or cause to decay by the action of bacteria and fungi; decompose
• gradually deteriorate, especially through neglect
• make fun of; tease
• decompose or decay
• 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.
• Figuratively: To perish slowly; to decay; to die; to become corrupt.
• To make putrid; to cause to be wholly or partially decomposed by natural processes; as, to rot vegetable fiber.
• To expose, as flax, to a process of maceration, etc., for the purpose of separating the fiber; to ret.
• break down
• become physically weaker
NOUN:
• the process of decaying
• rotten or decayed matter.
• any of a number of fungal or bacterial diseases that cause tissue deterioration, especially in plants.
• liver rot in sheep.
• a process of deterioration; a decline in standards
• corruption on the part of officials.
• nonsense; rubbish
• Process of rotting; decay; putrefaction.
• A disease or decay in fruits, leaves, or wood, supposed to be caused by minute fungi. See Bitter rot, Black rot, etc., below.
• 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.
• a state of decay usually accompanied by an offensive odor
• (biology) the process of decay caused by bacterial or fungal action
• unacceptable behavior (especially ludicrously false statements)
• decay

Words related to ROT

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Words that contain ROT

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How to use ROT in a sentence

• The men were called to the colors and the crops were allowed to rot in the fields.
• For example, a cactus should never be watered over its body as it will start to rot.
• Early planting, however, followed by cold, stormy weather frequently caused the seed to rot.
• There was a fence round this garden, some of the rails lying there rotten enough, but it takes time for sound hard wood to rot.
• Under such conditions it will rot rapidly and be less of a fire menace.
• Overhead watering is likely to rot the leaves and flowers.
• During winter place it in a frame, as it is liable to rot in the open.
• Robert felt regret when he saw the splendid trees fall and be dragged to one side, there to rot, despite the fact that the unbroken forest covered millions of square miles.
• Let the cursed waters enter into thy belly, and may thy womb swell and thy thigh rot.
• I had to promise him to go in for Latin and all that rot.
• The great bulk of the meat, however, was left for the wolves and foxes, or to rot in the sun when summer came.
• For then at least they were valued and had their lives before them, now they are counted as little more than the broken-down mules and donkeys left to rot by the roadside.
• Always dry a line every time it is used, or it will soon rot and be worthless.
• Within, there were carpets and cushions of dust, The wood was half rot, and the metal half rust.
• All is either the irrational world we see Or some aught-else whose being-unknown doth rot Its use for our thought’s use.
• The German army is beginning to suffer from a sort of dry rot, as must all institutions which fulfil a different purpose than that for which they exist.
• That is why a man will often let his boat rot rather than sell it.
• The 3 following French books ware about that same tyme gifted me by Rot.
• This was invisible but it caused the eggs to rot as he said mine had, and I felt that this was only justice.
• When the head of a family dies at Muralug, the body is laid out upon a framework of sticks raised a foot from the ground, and is there allowed to rot.
• But stay! Who is this coming in first-wicket-down? Not Radley? Yes, by heaven, it is! He has come to see that no rot sets in.
• Aside from the cure of the rot, the farmers would be more than doubly compensated for their trouble and expense in the increase and quality of the crop.
• Come to think of it, there were those prison camps, too, where he allowed captured soldiers to rot with filth and disease without any physicians.

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