I. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
dry rot
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
hell
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I just hope the people who did this rot in hell .
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Lutz gon na rot in hell .
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Let them rot in hell first!
tooth
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Sugar addicts gain weight, rot their teeth , and in extreme cases may even develop diabetes.
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Using the genetic engineering techniques, he has engineered a harmless version of the bacterium that rots our teeth .
■ VERB
let
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But no - some are even threatening to let their fruit rot on the trees.
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It's better to feed and clothe and house the masses than to let them rot .
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It is cheaper to let them rot than to clear them away.
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Leave her out of this, let her rot away.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Bedtime drinks aimed at helping children to sleep may be rotting their teeth.
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If water gets inside the woodwork, it causes it to rot .
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If you leave any water in the bottom of the boat, it'll slowly rot it away.
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In some countries food is left to rot , while in others people are dying from hunger.
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Many of the tomatoes had rotted on their stems.
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Moisture can rot your house's foundation.
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The roof had fallen in and the floor had completely rotted away.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Anything written with biro on cheap paper will quickly rot away creating yet more work for the conservators.
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Bowman continues: During the monsoon, everything would rot .
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Everywhere, it was like an over-flowing septic tank or something rotting.
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His body was left to rot as a warning to others who might be tempted to stray from those paths of righteousness.
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Millions of these books are shredded yearly or allowed to rot and gather dust in purgatorial existence.
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Or, you can cover it with black plastic so that it rots down.
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The apartment is dirtier still, the air filled with the stench of rotting garbage and diapers hours overdue to be changed.
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The gorgeous canopies have rotted, the bamboo supports have snapped.
II. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
dry
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It's not far from that already. Dry rot in the basement.
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Next came reddish-brown dry rot that turned quickly into smelly slime.
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They had also done something terrible to the boiler, and discovered dry rot in the airing-cupboard.
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He knew that the corner section of the porch floor sagged wit1i dry rot .
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It kills wet rot , dry rot and woodworm, and penetrates deeply to protect against future attack.
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The place stank of paraffin and turpentine and dry rot .
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If it isn't the dry rot in the roof, it's insects chewing the timbers.
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Frequently wet rot or dry rot is identified.
wet
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It kills wet rot , dry rot and woodworm, and penetrates deeply to protect against future attack.
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These minor fungi are generally termed wet rot .
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Frequently wet rot or dry rot is identified.
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The treatment can be used indoors and outside, curing and preventing both wet and dry rot , and wood-worm attacks.
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In earlier times, charring the wood was a popular method of retarding wet rot .
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Cellars Cellars are notorious for damp, and for wet and dry rot , because often they have little or no ventilation.
■ VERB
stop
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It is another to ask whether he has even begun to succeed in his short-term struggle to stop the rot .
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Not even Ringo's good-natured humour could stop the rot .
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The Government could have stopped the rot .
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There is certainly enough talent in the squad to stop the rot .
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Everyone has their own idea on how to stop the rot .
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Stop the rot . Stop the rot.
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So how do they stop the rot ?
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Economic specialists hope to guide the country out of its economic rot .
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The wood was soft with rot .
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They went through all that boring rot about the war again.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Above all the drift to a self-seeking, self-satisfying, self-fulfilling approach to relationships is where the rot is really setting in.
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As far as Greenpeace is concerned - unless the rot is stopped now rivers like the Severn are doomed to slow death by poisoning.
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Damp must not be allowed to enter as rot can quickly result.
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In all the circumstances some rot of some kind was almost inevitable in a good proportion of gliders.
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Joe recommended that everyone thoroughly dried and massaged their feet before climbing into a sleeping bag or they risked skin rot .
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They had also done something terrible to the boiler, and discovered dry rot in the airing-cupboard.
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To me it held overtones of rot and decomposition, perhaps imaginary because of my worries about the condition of the raft.