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Webster 1913 Edition

Rot

Rot

,
Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Rotted
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Rotting
.]
[OE.
rotien
, AS.
rotian
; akin to D.
rotten
, Prov. G.
rotten
, OHG.
rozz[GREEK]n
, G.
rösten
to steep flax, Icel.
rotna
to rot, Sw.
ruttna
, Dan.
raadne
, Icel.
rottin
rotten. √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.
Fixed like a plant on his peculiar spot,
To draw nutrition, propagate, and
rot
.
Pope.
2.
Figuratively: To perish slowly; to decay; to die; to become corrupt.
Four of the sufferers were left to
rot
in irons.
Macaulay.
Rot
, poor bachelor, in your club.
Thackeray.
Syn. – To putrefy; corrupt; decay; spoil.

Rot

,
Verb.
T.
1.
To make putrid; to cause to be wholly or partially decomposed by natural processes;
as, to
rot
vegetable fiber
.
2.
To expose, as flax, to a process of maceration, etc., for the purpose of separating the fiber; to ret.

Rot

,
Noun.
1.
Process of rotting; decay; putrefaction.
2.
(Bot.)
A disease or decay in fruits, leaves, or wood, supposed to be caused by minute fungi. See
Bitter rot
,
Black rot
, etc., below.
3.
[Cf. G.
rotz
glanders.]
A fatal distemper which attacks sheep and sometimes other animals. It is due to the presence of a parasitic worm in the liver or gall bladder. See 1st
Fluke
, 2.
His cattle must of
rot
and murrain die.
Milton.
Bitter rot
(Bot.)
,
a disease of apples, caused by the fungus
Glaeosporium fructigenum
.
F. L. Scribner.
–
Black rot
(Bot.)
,
a disease of grapevines, attacking the leaves and fruit, caused by the fungus
Laestadia Bidwellii
.
F. L. Scribner.
–
Dry rot
(Bot.)
See under
Dry
.
–
Grinder’s rot
(Med.)
See under
Grinder
.
–
Potato rot
.
(Bot.)
See under
Potato
.
–
White rot
(Bot.)
,
a disease of grapes, first appearing in whitish pustules on the fruit, caused by the fungus
Coniothyrium diplodiella
.
F. L. Scribner.

Webster 1828 Edition

Rot

ROT

, v.i.
To lose the natural cohesion and organization of parts, as animal and vegetable substances; to be decomposed and resolved into its original component parts by the natural process, or the gradual operation of heat and air; to putrefy.

ROT

,
Verb.
T.
To make putrid; to cause to be decomposed by the natural operation of air and heat; to bring to corruption.

ROT

,
Noun.
1.
A fatal distemper incident to sheep, usually supposed to be owing to wet seasons and moist pastures. The immediate cause of the mortality of sheep, in this disease, is found to be a great number of small animals, called flukes, (Fascida,) found in the liver, and supposed to be produced from eggs swallowed with their food.
2.
Putrefaction; putrid decay.
3.
Dry rot, in timber, the decay of the wood without the access of water.

Definition 2024

rót

rót

See also: ROT, Rot, rot, rot-, röt, rôt, rōt, and rőt

Faroese

Noun

rót f (genitive singular rótar, plural røtur)

  1. root

Declension

Declension of rót
f12 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative rót rótin røtur røturnar
accusative rót rótina røtur røturnar
dative rót rótini rótum rótunum
genitive rótar rótarinnar róta rótanna

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Hungarian

Etymology

ró +‎ -t

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈroːt]

Noun

rót

  1. accusative singular of ró

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse rót ‎(“root”), from Proto-Germanic *wrōts, from Proto-Indo-European *wréh₂ds ‎(“root”); compare with English wort and the Latin rādīx ‎(“root”). Cognate with the Faroese rót; Old English rōt (whence the Middle English word root ‎(“the underground part of a plant”) came, whence the English root came).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /rouːt/
  • Rhymes: -ouːt

Noun

rót f ‎(genitive singular rótar, nominative plural rætur)

  1. (botany) root
  2. the roots of something, the beginning or origin
    Rætur fjallsins eru grasi vaxnar.‎
    The foot of the mountain is covered with grass.
  3. (mathematics) root
  4. (linguistics) root
    Hvernig finnur maður rót nafnorða?‎
    How does one find the root of nouns?

Declension

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Old Irish

Etymology

Cognate with Welsh rhawd ‎(“course, career”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /r͈oːd/

Noun

rót m

  1. road
  2. highway

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

References

  • “1 rót” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

Verb

rót

  1. to pour

Etymology

From Old Norse rót ‎(“root”), from Proto-Germanic *wrōts, from Proto-Indo-European *wréh₂ds ‎(“root”); compare with English wort and the Latin rādīx ‎(“root”). Cognate with the Icelandic rót; Old English rōt (whence the Middle English word root ‎(“the underground part of a plant”) came, whence the English root came).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɹɔuːt]

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