n. 25B6; verb
the floorboards rotted : DECAY, decompose, become rotten; disintegrate, crumble, perish.
the meat began to rot : GO BAD, go off, spoil; moulder, putrefy, fester.
poor neighbourhoods have been left to rot : DETERIORATE, degenerate, decline, decay, go to rack and ruin, go to seed, go downhill; informal go to pot, go to the dogs.
sapro-.
improve.
25B6; noun
the leaves turned black with rot : DECAY, decomposition, mould, mouldiness, mildew, blight, canker; putrefaction, putrescence.
traditionalists said the rot had set in : DETERIORATION, decline; corruption, cancer.
(informal) stop talking rot. : See nonsense sense 1.
sense.