noun Download 🔗Share The process of becoming rotten; putrefaction. Examples : "The farmer was worried about the rots in his apple harvest. " biology nature process environment biochemistry Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
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noun Download 🔗Share Any of several diseases in which breakdown of tissue occurs. Examples : "The farmer lost a significant portion of his apple crop this year due to various rots, which decayed the fruit before he could harvest it. " disease biology medicine Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
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verb Download 🔗Share To suffer decomposition due to biological action, especially by fungi or bacteria. Examples : "The apple left in the cupboard all that time had started to rot." biology microorganism ecology plant environment nature Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To decline in function or utility. Examples : "Your brain will rot if you spend so much time on the computer, Tony!" biology environment process Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
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verb Download 🔗Share To make putrid; to cause to be wholly or partially decomposed by natural processes. Examples : "to rot vegetable fiber" biology environment nature Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
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verb Download 🔗Share To expose, as flax, to a process of maceration, etc., for the purpose of separating the fiber; to ret. Examples : "The farmer rots the flax in the field to loosen the fibers for making linen. " agriculture process plant material Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To talk nonsense. Examples : "He often rots on and on about his conspiracy theories, even when no one is listening. " language communication Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
