What is another word for rot?
Pronunciation:
[ ɹˈɒt], [ ɹˈɒt], [ ɹ_ˈɒ_t]
Synonyms for Rot:
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n.
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- go to .
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- descend into ,
- go down ,
- slip into .
- fall .
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v.
• bite- ate in to ,
- de compose ,
- de composed ,
- de composes ,
- de composing ,
- de-compose ,
- de-composed ,
- de-composes ,
- de-composing ,
- dis solve ,
- dis solved ,
- dis solves ,
- dis solving ,
- dis-solve ,
- dis-solved ,
- dis-solves ,
- dis-solving ,
- eat in to ,
- eating in to ,
- eating into ,
- eats in to ,
- eats into ,
- wore away .
- rot .
- de base ,
- de based ,
- de basing ,
- de moralize ,
- de moralized ,
- de moralizes ,
- de moralizing ,
- de-base ,
- de-based ,
- de-basing ,
- de-moralize ,
- de-moralized ,
- de-moralizes ,
- de-moralizing ,
- sored ,
- soring .
- DE Form ,
- de face ,
- de faced ,
- de faces ,
- de facing ,
- de file ,
- de filed ,
- de files ,
- de filing ,
- de formed ,
- de forming ,
- de forms ,
- de grade ,
- de graded ,
- de grades ,
- de grading ,
- de mean ,
- de meaning ,
- de means ,
- de spoil ,
- de spoiled ,
- de spoiling ,
- de spoils ,
- de-face ,
- de-faced ,
- de-faces ,
- de-facing ,
- de-file ,
- de-filed ,
- de-files ,
- de-filing ,
- de-form ,
- de-formed ,
- de-forming ,
- de-forms ,
- de-grade ,
- de-graded ,
- de-grades ,
- de-grading ,
- de-mean ,
- de-meaning ,
- de-means ,
- de-spoil ,
- de-spoiled ,
- de-spoiling ,
- de-spoils ,
- dis figure ,
- dis figured ,
- dis figures ,
- dis figuring ,
- dis grace ,
- dis graced ,
- dis graces ,
- dis gracing ,
- dis honor ,
- dis honored ,
- dis honoring ,
- dis honors ,
- dis-figure ,
- dis-figured ,
- dis-figures ,
- dis-figuring ,
- dis-grace ,
- dis-graced ,
- dis-graces ,
- dis-gracing ,
- dis-honor ,
- dis-honored ,
- dis-honoring ,
- dis-honors ,
- greased palm ,
- greases palm ,
- greasing palm ,
- ill treat ,
- mis treat ,
- mis treated ,
- mis treating ,
- mis treats ,
- mis used ,
- mis using ,
- mis-treat ,
- mis-treated ,
- mis-treating ,
- mis-treats ,
- mis-used ,
- mis-using ,
- out rage ,
- out raged ,
- out rages ,
- out raging ,
- out-rage ,
- out-raged ,
- out-rages ,
- out-raging ,
- re duce ,
- re duces ,
- re-duce ,
- re-duces ,
- under mined ,
- under mining ,
- under-mined ,
- under-mining .
- banged up ,
- banging up ,
- bangs up ,
- dis color ,
- dis colored ,
- dis coloring ,
- dis colors ,
- dis mantle ,
- dis mantled ,
- dis mantles ,
- dis mantling ,
- dis-color ,
- dis-colored ,
- dis-coloring ,
- dis-colors ,
- dis-mantle ,
- dis-mantled ,
- dis-mantles ,
- dis-mantling ,
- disco loring ,
- disco-loring ,
- in capacitate ,
- in capacitated ,
- in capacitates ,
- in capacitating ,
- in-capacitate ,
- in-capacitated ,
- in-capacitates ,
- in-capacitating ,
- wreaked havoc on ,
- wreaking havoc on ,
- wreaks havoc on ,
- wrought havoc on .
- am impaired ,
- are impaired ,
- art impaired ,
- became contaminated ,
- becomes contaminated ,
- becoming contaminated ,
- being impaired ,
- dry rots ,
- dry rotted ,
- dry rotting ,
- dry-rots ,
- dry-rotted ,
- dry-rotting ,
- dryrot ,
- dryrots ,
- dryrotted ,
- dryrotting ,
- gat worse ,
- go dogs ,
- go seed ,
- go the dogs ,
- go to dogs ,
- goes dogs ,
- goes seed ,
- goes the dogs ,
- goes to dogs ,
- goes to the dogs ,
- going bad ,
- going dogs ,
- going seed ,
- going the dogs ,
- going to dogs ,
- going to seed ,
- going to the dogs ,
- hit skids ,
- hits rock bottom ,
- hits skids ,
- hits the skids ,
- hitting rock bottom ,
- hitting skids ,
- hitting the skids ,
- is impaired ,
- pejorated ,
- pejorates ,
- pejorating ,
- putresced ,
- putresces ,
- reached depths ,
- reaches depths ,
- reaching depths ,
- was impaired ,
- wast impaired ,
- wastes away ,
- went bad ,
- went dogs ,
- went seed ,
- went the dogs ,
- went to dogs ,
- went to seed ,
- went to the dogs ,
- were impaired ,
- wert impaired .
- Re-turn ,
- de cline ,
- de clines ,
- de creased ,
- de creasing ,
- de-cline ,
- de-clines ,
- de-creased ,
- de-creasing ,
- dis improve ,
- dis improved ,
- dis improves ,
- dis improving ,
- dis-improve ,
- dis-improved ,
- dis-improves ,
- dis-improving ,
- disimproved ,
- disimproves ,
- disimproving ,
- go pot ,
- goes pot ,
- goes to pot ,
- going pot ,
- going to pot ,
- loses value ,
- losing value ,
- lost value ,
- re cede ,
- re ceded ,
- re cedes ,
- re ceding ,
- re lapse ,
- re lapsed ,
- re lapses ,
- re lapsing ,
- re turn ,
- re turning ,
- re turns ,
- re-cede ,
- re-ceded ,
- re-cedes ,
- re-ceding ,
- re-lapse ,
- re-lapsed ,
- re-lapses ,
- re-lapsing ,
- re-turned ,
- re-turning ,
- re-turns ,
- retro grade ,
- retro graded ,
- retro grades ,
- retro grading ,
- retro-grade ,
- retro-graded ,
- retro-grades ,
- retro-grading ,
- sub side ,
- sub sided ,
- sub sides ,
- sub siding ,
- sub-side ,
- sub-sided ,
- sub-sides ,
- sub-siding ,
- went pot ,
- went to pot .
- came apart at seams ,
- came apart seams ,
- come apart seams ,
- comes apart at seams ,
- comes apart seams ,
- coming apart at seams ,
- coming apart seams ,
- de generate ,
- de generated ,
- de generates ,
- de generating ,
- de scend ,
- de scended ,
- de scending ,
- de scends ,
- de-generate ,
- de-generated ,
- de-generates ,
- de-generating ,
- de-scend ,
- de-scended ,
- de-scending ,
- de-scends ,
- die vine ,
- died on vine ,
- died vine ,
- dieing on vine ,
- dieing vine ,
- dies on vine ,
- dies vine ,
- dying on vine ,
- dying vine ,
- go pieces ,
- on vine .
- brake down ,
- breaks down ,
- broke down ,
- dis appear ,
- dis appeared ,
- dis appearing ,
- dis appears ,
- dis-appear ,
- dis-appeared ,
- dis-appearing ,
- dis-appears ,
- eased off ,
- eases off ,
- ex pire ,
- ex-pire ,
- faded away ,
- faded out ,
- fades out ,
- fizzled out ,
- fizzles out ,
- fizzling out ,
- loses power ,
- losing power ,
- melted away ,
- melting away ,
- melts away ,
- running low ,
- runs low .
- be grime ,
- be grimed ,
- be grimes ,
- be griming ,
- be soil ,
- be soiled ,
- be soiling ,
- be soils ,
- be-grime ,
- be-grimed ,
- be-grimes ,
- be-griming ,
- be-soil ,
- be-soiled ,
- be-soiling ,
- be-soils ,
- besoiled ,
- besoiling ,
- besoils ,
- made dusty ,
- made impure ,
- makes dusty ,
- makes impure ,
- making dusty ,
- making impure .
- am disregarded ,
- am neglected ,
- are disregarded ,
- art neglected ,
- being disregarded ,
- being neglected ,
- conking out ,
- conks out ,
- de sire ,
- de sired ,
- de sires ,
- de siring ,
- de-sire ,
- de-sired ,
- de-sires ,
- de-siring ,
- fagging out ,
- fags out ,
- goes soft ,
- going soft ,
- is disregarded ,
- is neglected ,
- re pine ,
- re pined ,
- re pines ,
- re pining ,
- re-pine ,
- re-pined ,
- re-pines ,
- re-pining ,
- was disregarded ,
- was neglected ,
- wast disregarded ,
- wast neglected ,
- went soft ,
- were disregarded ,
- were neglected ,
- wert disregarded ,
- wert neglected .
- ODED ,
- am destroyed ,
- am killed ,
- am lost ,
- are destroyed ,
- are killed ,
- art destroyed ,
- art killed ,
- art lost ,
- being destroyed ,
- being killed ,
- being lost ,
- bite dust ,
- buy farm ,
- de cease ,
- de ceased ,
- de ceases ,
- de ceasing ,
- de mise ,
- de mises ,
- de part ,
- de parted ,
- de parting ,
- de parts ,
- de-cease ,
- de-ceased ,
- de-ceases ,
- de-ceasing ,
- de-mise ,
- de-mises ,
- de-part ,
- de-parted ,
- de-parting ,
- de-parts ,
- gave ghost ,
- gave the ghost ,
- gave up ghost ,
- give ghost ,
- give the ghost ,
- give up ghost ,
- gives ghost ,
- gives the ghost ,
- gives up ghost ,
- gives up the ghost ,
- giving ghost ,
- giving the ghost ,
- giving up ghost ,
- is destroyed ,
- is killed ,
- loses life ,
- losing life ,
- lost life ,
- od'd ,
- od'ed ,
- od'ing ,
- oding ,
- was destroyed ,
- was killed ,
- was lost ,
- wast destroyed ,
- wast killed ,
- wast lost ,
- were destroyed ,
- were killed ,
- were lost ,
- wert destroyed ,
- wert killed ,
- wert lost .
- became tainted ,
- became useless ,
- becomes tainted ,
- becomes useless ,
- becoming tainted ,
- becoming useless .
- be smirch ,
- be smirched ,
- be smirches ,
- be smirching ,
- be-smirch ,
- be-smirched ,
- be-smirches ,
- be-smirching ,
- cast slur ,
- casting a slur ,
- casting slur ,
- casts a slur ,
- casts slur ,
- co oked ,
- co oking ,
- co-oked ,
- co-oking ,
- crudded up ,
- crudding up ,
- cruds up ,
- dis credit ,
- dis credited ,
- dis crediting ,
- dis credits ,
- dis-credit ,
- dis-credited ,
- dis-crediting ,
- dis-credits ,
- gave a bad name ,
- gave bad name ,
- give bad name ,
- gives a bad name ,
- gives bad name ,
- giving a bad name ,
- giving bad name .
Other synonyms:
- degradation ,
- descent ,
- lapse ,
- perversion ,
- putrescence ,
- putridness ,
- regression ,
- rottenness ,
- turn sour .
- aggravation .
- deterioration ,
- talk .
- breakdown .
Other relevant words:
- Demised ,
- Demising ,
- Disimprove ,
- Dulling ,
- Illtreat ,
- Mildewed ,
- Mildewing ,
- Ods ,
- Perished ,
- Poisoned ,
- Putresce ,
- Retrograded ,
- Retrograding ,
- Sank ,
- Slipped ,
- Trashed ,
- Ulcered ,
- Waned ,
- ate into ,
- atrophied ,
- atrophying ,
- be destroyed ,
- be impaired ,
- be killed ,
- be lost ,
- become contaminated ,
- become rancid ,
- become tainted ,
- become useless ,
- bite ,
- cast a slur ,
- come apart at seams ,
- corrode ,
- corrupt ,
- crud up ,
- curdled ,
- curdling ,
- damage ,
- decline ,
- degenerate ,
- deteriorate ,
- die ,
- die on vine ,
- dirty ,
- disintegrate ,
- dry rot ,
- dry-rot ,
- dulls ,
- eat ,
- eat into ,
- embitter ,
- etch ,
- fester ,
- gave up the ghost ,
- get worse ,
- gets worse ,
- getting worse ,
- give a bad name ,
- give up the ghost ,
- giving up the ghost ,
- go bad ,
- go downhill ,
- go to pot ,
- go to seed ,
- go to the dogs ,
- goes bad ,
- goes downhill ,
- goes to seed ,
- going downhill ,
- got worse ,
- gotten worse ,
- grease palm ,
- hit rock bottom ,
- hit the skids ,
- ill-treat ,
- infect ,
- is lost ,
- kick bucket ,
- languish ,
- lose life ,
- lose value ,
- maltreat ,
- pass on ,
- passed on ,
- passes on ,
- passing on ,
- pejorate ,
- perish ,
- pollute ,
- putrescing ,
- ravaged ,
- reach depths ,
- recede ,
- relapse ,
- retrogrades ,
- rotted ,
- spoil ,
- spoils ,
- spoilt ,
- stagnate ,
- taint ,
- turn ,
- ulcering ,
- warp ,
- waste away ,
- wasted away ,
- wear away ,
- wearing away ,
- wears away ,
- went downhill ,
- worsen .
- Dilapidating ,
- break down ,
- breaking down ,
- dilapidate ,
- dilapidates ,
- ease off ,
- easing off ,
- fade away ,
- fade out ,
- fades away ,
- fading away ,
- fading out ,
- fizzle out ,
- lose power ,
- lost power ,
- melt away ,
- peter out ,
- petering out ,
- ran low ,
- run low ,
- running out ,
- slackens .
- Begriming ,
- Muddying ,
- Smutched ,
- Smutching ,
- Tarred ,
- Tarring ,
- Tars ,
- begrime ,
- begrimed ,
- begrimes ,
- besoil ,
- blotched ,
- blotching ,
- encrust ,
- encrusted ,
- encrusting ,
- encrusts ,
- grimed ,
- griming ,
- make dusty ,
- make impure ,
- muddied ,
- muddies ,
- smoking ,
- tar .
- break apart ,
- come apart ,
- coming apart ,
- fall to pieces ,
- falling to pieces ,
- take apart ,
- taking apart ,
- took apart ,
- turn to dust ,
- turned to dust ,
- wash away ,
- wash out ,
- washed away ,
- washed out ,
- washes out ,
- washing away ,
- washing out .
- FAGS ,
- Fagging ,
- Hungered ,
- Hungering ,
- be disregarded ,
- be neglected ,
- conk out ,
- conked out ,
- fag ,
- fag out ,
- fagged ,
- fagged out ,
- go soft ,
- repine ,
- tucker ,
- tuckering ,
- tuckers ,
- yearn .
- Bavardage ,
- Beans ,
- Bloody flux ,
- Charbon ,
- Decaying ,
- Defoedation ,
- Depravation ,
- Dismast ,
- Double Dutch ,
- Furfur ,
- GUP ,
- Gurry ,
- Humbuggery ,
- Imposthume ,
- Malignant Catarrh ,
- Paratuberculosis ,
- Puceron ,
- Puffery ,
- Rancidity ,
- Rancidness ,
- Rubigo ,
- Soiliness ,
- Sordes ,
- Sphacelation ,
- Stringhalt ,
- Sweal ,
- Tainture ,
- abomination ,
- abscess ,
- absorb ,
- addle ,
- adulterate ,
- anthrax ,
- aphid ,
- aphthous fever ,
- apple sauce ,
- applesauce ,
- asshole ,
- atrophy ,
- babble ,
- ballocks ,
- balls ,
- bastard ,
- be consumed ,
- be ruined ,
- be tainted ,
- become addle ,
- become compost ,
- befoul ,
- berth ,
- better ,
- bighead ,
- bilge ,
- bilge water ,
- biodegrade ,
- black quarter ,
- blackleg ,
- blackwater ,
- blah ,
- blah-blah ,
- blarney ,
- blast ,
- blather ,
- blatherskite ,
- blether ,
- blether orblather ,
- blight ,
- blind staggers ,
- blither ,
- blow ,
- bluster ,
- boasting ,
- boil ,
- bollocks ,
- boloney ,
- bombast ,
- bop ,
- braggadocio ,
- breaking out ,
- broken wind ,
- bruiser ,
- bs ,
- bull ,
- buncombe ,
- bunk ,
- bunk bed ,
- bunk bull ,
- bunkum ,
- bushwa ,
- cackle ,
- cancer ,
- canker ,
- cankerworm ,
- carbuncle ,
- carcinoma ,
- caries ,
- carrion ,
- cattle plague ,
- chatter ,
- chit-chat ,
- claptrap ,
- cobblers ,
- cock ,
- cocksucker ,
- codswallop ,
- cold sore ,
- collapse ,
- con ,
- consume ,
- contaminate ,
- contract ,
- cop ,
- copper ,
- corrosion ,
- crack ,
- crap ,
- crapola ,
- crock ,
- curdle ,
- damn ,
- dandruff ,
- darn ,
- debase ,
- debauch ,
- debris ,
- decayed ,
- decomposition reaction ,
- deepen ,
- defile ,
- defilement ,
- degeneracy ,
- demolish ,
- demon ,
- demoralize ,
- deprave ,
- depravity ,
- descend ,
- desolate ,
- destroy ,
- destruction ,
- devastate ,
- devolve ,
- diacetylmorphine ,
- dickhead ,
- dilapidation ,
- dirt ,
- dismantle ,
- disorganization ,
- disorganize ,
- dissipate ,
- distemper ,
- do in ,
- dogshit ,
- double-talk ,
- drivel ,
- drool ,
- dump ,
- e-waste ,
- emaciate ,
- erode ,
- erosion ,
- eruption ,
- escalate ,
- excellent ,
- excessive ,
- excrement ,
- expire ,
- exquisite ,
- extravagant ,
- eyewash ,
- fade ,
- fail ,
- fall apart ,
- feed bunk ,
- ferment ,
- festering ,
- fetid ,
- fetor ,
- fiddle ,
- fiddle-de-dee ,
- fiddle-faddle ,
- fiddlesticks ,
- filth ,
- flannel ,
- flapdoodle ,
- flummery ,
- folderol ,
- folly ,
- foolishness ,
- foot-and-mouth disease ,
- foul ,
- foul matter ,
- foulness ,
- fritter ,
- fudge ,
- fustian ,
- fuzz ,
- gab ,
- gabble ,
- gammon ,
- gapes ,
- garbage ,
- gas ,
- gathering ,
- gibberish ,
- glanders ,
- gnaw ,
- go ,
- go off ,
- go to pieces ,
- gobbledegook ,
- gobbledygook ,
- gook ,
- gossip ,
- guff ,
- havers ,
- heaves ,
- helminth ,
- heroin ,
- hiss ,
- hog cholera ,
- hokeypokey ,
- hokum ,
- hoodoo ,
- hooey ,
- hoof-and-mouth disease ,
- hoot ,
- horse ,
- horse feathers ,
- horsefeathers ,
- horseshit ,
- hot air ,
- humbug ,
- hydrophobia ,
- idle ,
- issue ,
- jabber ,
- jabberwocky ,
- jargon ,
- jazz ,
- jive ,
- junk ,
- kibosh ,
- kiss ,
- knock-off ,
- landfill ,
- lay waste to ,
- leaven ,
- leprosy ,
- leukemia ,
- line ,
- liquidate ,
- litter ,
- little ,
- liver rot ,
- loco ,
- loco disease ,
- locoism ,
- luxurious ,
- macerate ,
- mad staggers ,
- malignancy ,
- malignant catarrhal fever ,
- malignant pustule ,
- malodorous ,
- mange ,
- marasmus ,
- meaninglessness ,
- megrims ,
- mess ,
- mildew ,
- milzbrand ,
- mine ,
- mold ,
- molder ,
- moldiness ,
- moonshine ,
- mortifying ,
- moth ,
- motherfucker ,
- mould ,
- moulder ,
- mouldy ,
- muck ,
- mucor ,
- mucus ,
- mumbo jumbo ,
- must ,
- necrose ,
- needless ,
- neoplastic disease ,
- nerts ,
- neutralise ,
- neutralize ,
- nonsense ,
- nonsensicality ,
- nut ,
- nuts ,
- obscenity ,
- ooze ,
- ordure ,
- out of order ,
- palaver ,
- papal bull ,
- patter ,
- pervert ,
- pest ,
- phenomenal ,
- piffle ,
- pig ,
- pimple ,
- pine away ,
- pip ,
- plant louse ,
- pointless ,
- poison ,
- poop ,
- poor ,
- poppycock ,
- prattle ,
- prick ,
- prodigal ,
- pseudotuberculosis ,
- punk ,
- pus ,
- putrid ,
- putridity ,
- rabies ,
- rankle ,
- rankness ,
- rash ,
- ravage ,
- ravages of time ,
- razzmatazz ,
- reek ,
- regress ,
- remains ,
- remarkable ,
- ret ,
- retrograde ,
- rigamarole ,
- rigmarole ,
- rinderpest ,
- rodomontade ,
- rote ,
- rotten ,
- rotting ,
- ruin ,
- run ,
- run off ,
- rust ,
- sap ,
- scabies ,
- scag ,
- scat ,
- scourge ,
- screw up ,
- scurf ,
- scuz ,
- senselessness ,
- shake ,
- sheep rot ,
- shit ,
- shite ,
- shrivel ,
- silliness ,
- slap ,
- slime ,
- slough ,
- slush ,
- smack ,
- small ,
- smut ,
- snot ,
- sob ,
- soil ,
- soilure ,
- song and dance ,
- sore ,
- sour ,
- spend ,
- sphacelate ,
- sphacelus ,
- spiral ,
- splenic fever ,
- spring a leak ,
- squander ,
- staggers ,
- stain ,
- start ,
- stink ,
- strapper ,
- stuff ,
- stuff and nonsense ,
- stupidity ,
- sully ,
- suppurate ,
- swelling ,
- swill ,
- taradiddle ,
- thrive ,
- throw away ,
- tiny ,
- tittle-tattle ,
- tommyrot ,
- tooth decay ,
- torpedo ,
- tosh ,
- totter ,
- trash ,
- tripe ,
- trumpery ,
- tumor ,
- turd ,
- ulcer ,
- undermine ,
- unnecessary ,
- useless ,
- vector decomposition ,
- vegetate ,
- vice ,
- vile ,
- viper ,
- vitiate ,
- vulgarism ,
- waffle ,
- ware ,
- waste ,
- wasteful ,
- wear and tear ,
- wear out ,
- wen ,
- whoopla ,
- wind ,
- wither ,
- wonderful ,
- worm ,
- worthless .
- Idled ,
- Vegetated ,
- constipate ,
- constipates ,
- constipating ,
- hibernate ,
- lie fallow ,
- not move ,
- not moved ,
- not moving ,
- stand still ,
- standing still .
- BSS ,
- Boshes ,
- Funguses ,
- Gangrenes ,
- Greeks ,
- balderdash ,
- banana ,
- blot on landscape ,
- blot on the landscape ,
- decay ,
- eyewashes ,
- failings ,
- falsification ,
- falsifications ,
- foolish talk ,
- fungi ,
- fustians ,
- gangrene ,
- hogwash ,
- idle talk ,
- infestation ,
- infestations ,
- jives ,
- noxiousness ,
- pollution ,
- putrefaction ,
- putridities ,
- rantings ,
- rubbish ,
- scribble ,
- smutch ,
- sores ,
- spoilage ,
- spoilation ,
- wasting away ,
- witherings .
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How to use "Rot" in context?
When people think about rot, images of mold, mildew, and black fungus often come to mind. Rot is a form of decay, which is a deterioration of organic matter that happens through a process of aerobic or anaerobic decomposition.
Rot can occur naturally or be caused by pests or pollutants. In an aerobic environment, bacteria and other microorganisms cause the rotting of organic material. In an anaerobic environment, death of cells due to lack of oxygen causes rot.
Different types of rot cause different types of damage. Lacquer rot, for example, affects the glossy finish on wood.
Paraphrases for Rot:
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Forward Entailment
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Noun, singular or mass
decay.
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Verb, 3rd person singular present
decays.
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Noun, singular or mass
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Independent
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Other Related
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Noun, singular or mass
rotten.
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Noun, singular or mass
Hyponym for Rot:
v.
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body
degenerate, devolve, drop, deteriorate.
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body
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