rots

Meaning of rots

verb, 3rd person present
  1. (chiefly of animal or vegetable matter) decay or cause to decay by the action of bacteria and fungi; decompose.
    the chalets were neglected and their woodwork was rotting away
    caries sets in at a weak point and spreads to rot the whole tooth
  2. make fun of; tease.
    has anybody been rotting you?

Old English rotian (verb), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch rotten ; the noun (Middle English) may have come via Scandinavian.

Information about rots

  • It is a verb.
  • The singular form of rots is: rot.
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Hyphenation of rots

rots

  • It consists of 1 syllables and 4 chars.
  • rots is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

rots synonyms

Meaning (of organic matter) rot or decompose through the action of bacteria and fungi:

decay

Meaning (with reference to a dead body or other organic matter) make or become rotten; decay or cause to decay:

decompose

Meaning break up into small parts as the result of impact or decay:

disintegrate

Meaning break or fall apart into small fragments, especially as part of a process of deterioration:

crumble

Meaning destroy or damage (metal, stone, or other materials) slowly by chemical action:

corrode

Meaning (of rubber, food, etc.) lose its normal qualities; rot or decay:

perish

Meaning (of food) become unfit for eating:

spoil

Meaning slowly decay or disintegrate, especially because of neglect:

moulder

Meaning contaminate or pollute (something):

taint

Meaning (of a body or other organic matter) decay or rot and produce a fetid smell:

putrefy

Meaning (of food or rubbish) become rotten and offensive to the senses:

fester

Meaning (of flesh) be affected by gangrene or necrosis:

mortify

Meaning (with reference to cells) die or cause to die owing to disease, injury, or failure of the blood supply:

necrose

Anagrams of rots

orts, Rost, rost, sort, stor, tors, Tros

Words that rhyme with rots

Tarots, tarots, hoofrots, grots, Igorots, Pierrots, carrots, garrots, parrots, pierrots, dogtrots, footrots, foxtrots, globetrots, gutrots, jogtrots, outtrots, trots, tommyrots

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