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The Britannica Dictionary rot 3 ENTRIES FOUND:

• rot (verb)
• rot (noun)
• dry rot (noun)

1 rot /ˈrɑːt/ verb rots; rotted; rotting 1 rot /ˈrɑːt/ verb rots; rotted; rotting Britannica Dictionary definition of ROT : to slowly decay or cause (something) to decay [no object]

• The wood had rotted away.
• The apples were left to rot.
• the smell of rotting garbage

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• He was left to rot in jail. [=he was left in jail for a very long time]
• I hope he rots in hell!

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• Eating too much candy can rot your teeth.

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• Too much TV will rot your brain.

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• They found a lot of rot in the house's roof.

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• moral rot
• (chiefly Brit) The rot set in [=things started getting really bad] when the factory closed down.
• (Brit) The team stopped the rot [=stopped things from getting worse] with a 5–0 win last night.

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• That's a lot of rot!
• all that rot

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