rot

Definitions

• (intransitive) To suffer decomposition due to biological action, especially by fungi or bacteria.
• (intransitive) To decline in function or utility.
• (ambitransitive) To (cause to) deteriorate in any way, as in morals; to corrupt.
• (transitive) To make putrid; to cause to be wholly or partially decomposed by natural processes.
• (intransitive) To spend a long period of time (in an unpleasant place).
• (transitive) To expose, as flax, to a process of maceration, etc., for the purpose of separating the fiber; to ret.
• (dated) To talk nonsense.