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Noun rot has 3 senses
- putrefaction, rot - decay usually accompanied by an offensive odor
--1 is a kind of decay
--1 has particulars: putrescence, putridness, rottenness, corruption
- decomposition, rot, rotting, putrefaction - (biology) decaying caused by bacterial or fungal action
--2 is a kind of decay
- bunk, bunkum, buncombe, guff, rot, hogwash - unacceptable behavior (especially ludicrously false statements)
--3 is a kind of drivel, garbage
--3 has particulars:
Verb rot has 2 senses
- decompose, rot, molder, moulder - break down; "The bodies decomposed in the heat"
--1 is one way to decay
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- waste, rot - waste away; "Political prisoners are wasting away in many prisons all over the world"
--2 is one way to devolve, deteriorate, drop, degenerate
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