Definitions
1.nounThe process of becoming rotten; putrefaction.
2.nounDecaying matter.
3.nounAny of several diseases in which breakdown of tissue occurs.
4.nounVerbal nonsense.
5.verbTo suffer decomposition due to biological action, especially by fungi or bacteria."The apple left in the cupboard all that time had started to rot."
6.verbTo decline in function or utility."Your brain will rot if you spend so much time on the computer, Tony!"
7.verbTo (cause to) deteriorate in any way, as in morals; to corrupt.
8.verbTo make putrid; to cause to be wholly or partially decomposed by natural processes."to rot vegetable fiber"
9.verbTo spend a long period of time (in an unpleasant place)."to rot in Hell"
10.verbTo expose, as flax, to a process of maceration, etc., for the purpose of separating the fiber; to ret.
11.verbTo talk nonsense.