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rotting

verb

Meaning

  1. To suffer decomposition due to biological action, especially by fungi or bacteria.
  2. To decline in function or utility.
  3. To (cause to) deteriorate in any way, as in morals; to corrupt.
  4. To make putrid; to cause to be wholly or partially decomposed by natural processes.
  5. To spend a long period of time (in an unpleasant place).
  6. To expose, as flax, to a process of maceration, etc., for the purpose of separating the fiber; to ret.
  7. The process by which something rots.
  8. Material that has rotted.

Etymology / origin

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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