Rot | Mean of rot in English Dictionary

/ˈrɑːt/

• Verb
• to slowly decay or cause (something) to decay
1. The wood had rotted away.
2. The apples were left to rot.
3. the smell of rotting garbage
4. He was left to rot in jail. [=he was left in jail for a very long time]
5. I hope he rots in hell!
6. Eating too much candy can rot your teeth.
7. Too much TV will rot your brain.
• Noun
• the process of rotting or the condition that results when something rots
1. They found a lot of rot in the house's roof.
2. moral rot
3. (chiefly Brit) The rot set in [=things started getting really bad] when the factory closed down.
4. (Brit) The team stopped the rot [=stopped things from getting worse] with a 5–0 win last night.
• foolish words or ideas
1. That's a lot of rot!
2. all that rot