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Rot

Rot meaning

To suffer decomposition due to biological action, especially by fungi or bacteria. | To decline in function or utility. | To (cause to) deteriorate in any way, as in morals; to corrupt.

Example sentences (20)

It’s an important preventative measure, too: Leaky window frames rot and allow water to seep into walls, causing rot and mildew.

Brown rot is not toxic, and very small affected areas can be cut out of the fruit, but unless the rot is caught immediately, the fruit will no longer be edible.

The bulbs may be affected by splitting, white rot, and neck rot.

The fungus requires specific conditions to produce noble rot; if it is too damp, the same fungus causes destructive grey rot.

The most serious for the home gardener are likely to be the onion fly, stem and bulb eelworm, white rot, and neck rot.

Wood does not last as long as other sculpting media because it can be affected by water rot, dry rot, insect invasion and fire.

And what does not change, begins to rot.

A timber ‘multi-play’ structure and nearby sleepers were removed due to rot.

Aviva said its standard home insurance policies exclude “‘moths, vermin, insects, fungus, damp, rust, wet or dry rot” and said it also excluded damage by insects and that even its Home Emergency add-on would not cover bed bugs.

Bacteria use fungal networks as highways to navigate the crowded rot-scapes of the soil.

Ba's 15th-minute winner ended the home side's three-match winning run as the Canaries missed a chance to go fifth - and it stopped the rot for Sunderland, who had lost their previous three in a row.

Being afflicted with Root Rot in will cause a debilitating status effect on the player’s character.

Blossom end rot is a common problem on the first set of fruit.

Cures most status buildups, including Scarlet Rot, while also dealing a small bit of damage to the player in exchange.

Each time there is a major event, the rot within it metastasizes again and a new alphabet program has to be invented — OMT, TARGET2, ESPP, TPI, ZOMG.

Elaborating, JoeRob says, “I feel like if I didn’t go out in the woods and find those pieces, then they would just rot, and no one would ever remember anything about it.

Excessive watering can promote root rot, while drought stress can cause leaves to turn yellow and die, especially on newly planted boxwoods.

Given a series of stand-offs in the Parliament, voices have grown shriller seeking an amendment in Representation Of Peoples Act for redressing the rot.

His self-exile had good intentions, but he abandoned his own principles; thus, allowing his mind to rot away and make him resent his responsibilities (and the literal Force).

Historic England said there is active dry rot in the second floor space named the Dickens room, alongside deteriorating windows, and gutters and drainpipes which are in poor condition.