rot

1. (intransitive)To suffer decomposition due to biological action, especially by fungi or bacteria.

   The apple left in the cupboard all that time had started to rot.

   verrotten, verderben, faulen

   гнитьgnitʹ, сгнитьsgnitʹ, разлага́тьсяrazlagátʹsja

   гни́тиhnýty, згнитиzhnyty

2. (intransitive)To decline in function or utility.

   Your brain will rot if you spend so much time on the computer, Tony!

3. (ambitransitive)To (cause to) deteriorate in any way, as in morals; to corrupt.

   разлага́тьrazlagátʹ

4. (transitive)To make putrid; to cause to be wholly or partially decomposed by natural processes.

   to rot vegetable fiber

5. (figuratively, intransitive)To spend a long period of time (in an unpleasant place or state).

   to rot in prison

   to rot in Hell

6. (transitive)To expose, as flax, to a process of maceration, etc., for the purpose of separating the fiber; to ret.

7. (dated, slang)To talk nonsense.

8. (imperative, slang, transitive)Damn; blast.

1. These oranges have rotted.

   Ці помаранчі згнили. — uaspeaker

   ruЭти апельсины сгнили. — al_ex_an_der

   deDiese Orangen sind schlecht geworden. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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2. Fruit tends to rot right away.

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3. That smell could be rotting meat.

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4. I thought I smelled something rotting.

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5. I hope Tom rots in prison.

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regular · Lesson

• rot offTo fall off by rotting.
• rot awayTo spend a long period of time in an unproductive manner.
• rot throughTo rot so as to create holes in the substance that's rotting.