To rot is to decay and to turn into something decomposable. When something rots, it starts to break down and lose its nutrients.
The vegetables in the garden are rotting because they are not getting enough sunlight.
The tree in the garden is rotting because the soil is not rich enough.
adjective
damaged by decay; hence unsound and useless
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The benefit is that the meat doesn't rot and spoil.
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The food began to rot.
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As the name states, the roots of the plant rot.
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Leave the bloated bodies to rot in the sun.
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In Charleston, the colonists left the tea on the docks to rot.
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Livestock and crops simply rot and drop to the parched ground.
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On the boat the pogo sticks warped and rotted and were unusable.
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Soon, the woody debris rotted, and the water was determined undrinkable.
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At the same time much of the undeveloped land in the community was left to rot.
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Because the wood at the center of the tree had rotted it could not be analyzed.