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Meaning of rot

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  rot
      n 1: a state of decay usually accompanied by an offensive odor
           [syn: {putrefaction}, {rot}]
      2: (biology) the process of decay caused by bacterial or fungal
         action [syn: {decomposition}, {rot}, {rotting},
         {putrefaction}]
      3: unacceptable behavior (especially ludicrously false
         statements) [syn: {bunk}, {bunkum}, {buncombe}, {guff},
         {rot}, {hogwash}]
      v 1: break down; "The bodies decomposed in the heat" [syn:
           {decompose}, {rot}, {molder}, {moulder}]
      2: become physically weaker; "Political prisoners are wasting
         away in many prisons all over the world" [syn: {waste},
         {rot}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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