rot
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- If something rots it spoils. Rotting is how something turns into dirt (soil) because of bacteria and fungus.
- We threw out the fruit that rots.
- The police found the rotting body of someone who was killed.
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Noun[change]
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- (uncountable), (informal) Rot is material is decaying (rotting) and has decayed (rotted) a lot already.
- The log was full of rot so it broke easily.
- (uncountable), (informal) Rot is the act of decaying (rotting).
- We put our food in the freezer to avoid rot.