Rotted

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Rot \Rot\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Rotted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
     {Rotting}.] [OE. rotien, AS. rotian; akin to D. rotten, Prov.
     G. rotten, OHG. rozz?n, G. r["o]sten to steep flax, Icel.
     rotna to rot, Sw. ruttna, Dan. raadne, Icel. rottin rotten.
     [root]117. Cf. {Ret}, {Rotten}.]
     1. 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.
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              Fixed like a plant on his peculiar spot,
              To draw nutrition, propagate, and rot. --Pope.
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     2. Figuratively: To perish slowly; to decay; to die; to
        become corrupt.
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              Four of the sufferers were left to rot in irons.
                                                    --Macaulay.
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              Rot, poor bachelor, in your club.     --Thackeray.
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     Syn: To putrefy; corrupt; decay; spoil.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  rot
       n 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}]
       v 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}]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  rotted
       adj : damaged by decay; hence unsound and useless; "rotten floor
             boards"; "rotted beams"; "a decayed foundation" [syn: {decayed},
              {rotten}]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  rotted
       See {rot}