How many syllables in Rot
Word
Rot
How many syllables?
1 Syllable
How it's divided?
rot
Definition
- v. i. - 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.
- v. i. - Figuratively: To perish slowly; to decay; to die; to become
corrupt.
- v. t. - To make putrid; to cause to be wholly or partially
decomposed by natural processes; as, to rot vegetable fiber.
- v. t. - To expose, as flax, to a process of maceration, etc., for
the purpose of separating the fiber; to ret.
- n. - Process of rotting; decay; putrefaction.
- n. - A disease or decay in fruits, leaves, or wood, supposed to be
caused by minute fungi. See Bitter rot, Black rot, etc., below.
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