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rotted
(encz) | rotted, |
Rotted
(gcide) | Rot \Rot\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Rotted; p. pr. & vb. n.
Rotting.] [OE. rotien, AS. rotian; akin to D. rotten, Prov.
G. rotten, OHG. rozz?n, G. r["o]sten to steep flax, Icel.
rotna to rot, Sw. ruttna, Dan. raadne, Icel. rottin rotten.
[root]117. Cf. Ret, Rotten.]
1. To undergo a process common to organic substances by which
they lose the cohesion of their parts and pass through
certain chemical changes, giving off usually in some
stages of the process more or less offensive odors; to
become decomposed by a natural process; to putrefy; to
decay.
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Fixed like a plant on his peculiar spot,
To draw nutrition, propagate, and rot. --Pope.
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2. Figuratively: To perish slowly; to decay; to die; to
become corrupt.
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Four of the sufferers were left to rot in irons.
--Macaulay.
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Rot, poor bachelor, in your club. --Thackeray.
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Syn: To putrefy; corrupt; decay; spoil.
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rotted
(wn) | rotted
adj 1: damaged by decay; hence unsound and useless; "rotten
floor boards"; "rotted beams"; "a decayed foundation"
[syn: decayed, rotten, rotted] |
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garotted
(encz) | garotted,popravil uškrcením Zdeněk Brožgarotted,uškrtil v: Zdeněk Brož |
garrotted
(encz) | garrotted, |
rotted
(encz) | rotted, |
trotted
(encz) | trotted,klusal v: Zdeněk Brož |
unrotted
(encz) | unrotted, adj: |
Trotted
(gcide) | Trot \Trot\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Trotted; p. pr. & vb. n.
Trotting.] [OE. trotten, OF. troter, F. trotter; probably
of Teutonic origin, and akin to E. tread; cf. OHG. trott?n to
tread. See Tread.]
1. To proceed by a certain gait peculiar to quadrupeds; to
ride or drive at a trot. See Trot, n.
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2. Fig.: To run; to jog; to hurry.
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He that rises late must trot all day, and will
scarcely overtake his business at night. --Franklin.
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Unrotted
(gcide) | Unrotted \Unrotted\
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Water-rotted
(gcide) | Water-rot \Wa"ter-rot`\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Water-rotted; p.
pr. & vb. n. Water-rotting.]
To rot by steeping in water; to water-ret; as, to water-rot
hemp or flax.
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rotted
(wn) | rotted
adj 1: damaged by decay; hence unsound and useless; "rotten
floor boards"; "rotted beams"; "a decayed foundation"
[syn: decayed, rotten, rotted] |
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