Friday, March 16, 2018

ROT

WORD: ROT

MEANING:
1. To undergo decomposition, especially organic decomposition; decay. See Synonyms at decay.
2.
a. To become damaged, weakened, or useless because of decay: The beams had rotted away.
b. To disappear or fall by decaying: One could see the blackened areas where the branches had rotted off.
3. To deteriorate through neglect or inactivity; languish or decline: ""He upset Alice by calling Washington ... a sink of boredom and saying he was rotting there"" (John Dos Passos).
4. To decay morally; become degenerate.

EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. A scam, the deeper rot

PRONOUNCE:
rot - राट

LINK: ROT

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