Meaning

1 senses

  1. To spend a long period of time in an unproductive manner.

Examples

8 sentences

  1. Fruit tends to rot right away.

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  2. Gunter is rotting away in jail.

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  3. Ziri will be rotting away in prison.

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  4. Ziri will be rotting away in jail.

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  5. Tom let all the tomatoes rot away.

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Forms

rots away, rotting away, rotted away, rotted away
Base formrot away · to rot away
3rd person singularrots away
Present participlerotting away
Past simplerotted away
Past participlerotted away

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyrot away
he, she, itrots away

Past simpleLesson

all personsrotted away

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave rotted away
he, she, ithas rotted away

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill rot away

Phrasal verbs

3 phrasal verbs

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
rosyB2rotrotarotaryrotateC1
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