āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
to rot
01
āĻĒāĻāĻž, āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāĻ¤ āĻšāĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž
to become destroyed, often due to the action of bacteria or fungi over time
Intransitive
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The damp wood is currently rotting in the neglected shed.
āĻ¸ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻāĻ¤āĻ¸ā§āĻāĻ¤ā§ āĻāĻžāĻ āĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ā§ āĻ
āĻŦāĻšā§āĻ˛āĻŋāĻ¤ āĻļā§āĻĄā§ āĻĒāĻā§ āĻ¯āĻžāĻā§āĻā§āĨ¤
1.1
āĻĒāĻāĻž, āĻĒāĻāĻ¨
to cause a particular thing to decay or decompose
Transitive: to rot sth
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
Neglecting to refrigerate the leftovers promptly can rot the food.
02
āĻĒāĻāĻž, āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻāĻ¨
to deteriorate and go to ruin due to neglect
Intransitive
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
Without proper care, the neglected garden rotted into a tangled mess of weeds and overgrown plants.
āĻ¯āĻĨāĻžāĻ¯āĻĨ āĻ¯āĻ¤ā§āĻ¨ āĻāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻž, āĻ
āĻŦāĻšā§āĻ˛āĻŋāĻ¤ āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻžāĻ¨āĻāĻŋ āĻāĻāĻžāĻāĻž āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻ
āĻ¤āĻŋāĻŦā§āĻĻā§āĻ§āĻŋ āĻāĻžāĻāĻā§āĻ˛āĻŋāĻ° āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻāĻāĻŋāĻ˛ āĻāĻā§ āĻĒāĻā§ āĻā§āĻā§āĨ¤
01
āĻĒāĻāĻ¨, āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻāĻ¨
the process of being destroyed via natural causes
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
Wet and humid conditions accelerated the rot of the wooden fence posts.
āĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻĻā§āĻ° āĻ
āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻž āĻāĻžāĻ ā§āĻ° āĻŦā§āĻĄāĻŧāĻžāĻ° āĻā§āĻāĻāĻŋāĻā§āĻ˛āĻŋāĻ° āĻĒāĻāĻ¨ āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻ°āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¤ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻā§āĨ¤
02
āĻĒāĻāĻ¨, āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻāĻ¨
a condition of advanced decomposition marked by an offensive odor
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
Flies hovered around the rot of the spoiled fruit in the neglected kitchen.
āĻāĻĒā§āĻā§āĻˇāĻŋāĻ¤ āĻ°āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ¨āĻžāĻāĻ°ā§ āĻ¨āĻˇā§āĻ āĻĢāĻ˛ā§āĻ° āĻĒāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻ°āĻĒāĻžāĻļā§ āĻŽāĻžāĻāĻŋāĻā§āĻ˛ā§ āĻā§āĻ°āĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤
03
āĻŦāĻžāĻā§ āĻāĻĨāĻž, āĻ āĻ°ā§āĻĨāĻšā§āĻ¨ āĻŦāĻāĻŦāĻ
utter nonsense
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
Investors grew frustrated with the company 's rot about guaranteed returns.
āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻāĻāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻ°āĻž āĻā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ°āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻāĻŋāĻ¯ā§āĻā§āĻ¤ āĻ°āĻŋāĻāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻ¨ āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻā§ āĻā§āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻžāĻ¨āĻŋāĻ° āĻŦāĻžāĻā§ āĻāĻĨāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻšāĻ¤āĻžāĻļ āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧā§āĻ¨āĨ¤
āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāĻ¤āĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻžāĻ
rotatory
rotted
rotter
rot
āĻ¨āĻŋāĻāĻāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ
