1. Break down or decay through natural processes
   "The bodies rotted in the heat";
   - decompose, molder [N. Amer], moulder [Brit, Cdn]
    
2. Become physically weaker
   "Political prisoners are rotting away in many prisons all over the world";
   - waste

1. (biology) the process of decay caused by bacterial or fungal action
   "The rot of fallen leaves enriches the soil";
   - decomposition, rotting, putrefaction, breakdown, biodegradation
    
2. A state of decay usually accompanied by an offensive odour
   "The smell of rot permeated the abandoned house";
   - putrefaction
    
3. [informal] Statements or beliefs that are untrue or make no sense
   "He dismissed the conspiracy theory as pure rot";
   - bunk [informal], bunkum [informal], buncombe [informal], guff [informal], hogwash [informal], flapdoodle [N. Amer, informal], Irish bull [slang], rhubarb [Brit, informal], bilge [informal], junk [informal], bull [slang], nonsense, jive [N. Amer, informal], bushwah [N. Amer, informal], bushwa [N. Amer, informal], folderol, rubbish [informal], tripe [informal], trumpery [archaic], trash [informal], wish-wash [informal], applesauce [N. Amer, informal], codswallop [Brit, informal], falderal, drivel, garbage

Derived forms: rotted, rots, rotting

Type of: content, decay, degenerate, deteriorate, devolve, drop, message, subject matter, substance

Encyclopedia: Rot, Sweden