rot

n. அழுகல், ஆடுகளின் கொடிய நுரையீரல் நோய், மடமை, மோசமான பேச்சு, தவறான வாதமட், கோளாறான யோகசனை, பேதமைப்பாதை, விரும்பத்தகாத நிலை, மரப்பந்தாட்டத்திரல் திடீர்த் தோல்வித்தொடர், போர்ப்படைவகையில் திடீர்த் தோல்வித்தொடர், போர்ப்படைவகையில் திடீர்த்தோல்வித்தொடர், (வினை) இயல்பான சிதைவுக்கு உள்ளாகு, கேடுறு, இழிவுறு, வலிமைக்கேட்டால் வரவரக் கெடுதலுறு, பயன்படுத்தாமையால் மெல்ல மெல்ல அழிவுறு, அழிவுறச் செய், மோசமுறச் செய், வஞ்சப்புகழ்ச்சியாகப் பேசு, நையாண்டியாக உரையாடு.

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Rot, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Rotted; p. pr. & vb. n. Rotting.] Etym: [OE. rotien, AS. rotian; akin to D. rotten, Prov. G. rotten, OHG. rozz, G. rösten to steep flax, Icel. rotna to rot, Sw. ruttna, Dan. raadne, Icel. rottin rotten. sq. root117. Cf. Ret, Rotten.] 1. 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. Fixed like a plant on his peculiar spot, To draw nutrition, propagate, and rot. Pope. 2. Figuratively: To perish slowly; to decay; to die; to become corrupt. Four of the sufferers were left to rot in irons. Macaulay. Rot, poor bachelor, in your club. Thackeray. Syn. -- To putrefy; corrupt; decay; spoil. Rot, v. t. 1. To make putrid; to cause to be wholly or partially decomposed by natural processes; as, to rot vegetable fiber. 2. To expose, as flax, to a process of maceration, etc., for the purpose of separating the fiber; to ret. Rot, n. 1. Process of rotting; decay; putrefaction. 2. (Bot.) Defn: A disease or decay in fruits, leaves, or wood, supposed to be caused by minute fungi. See Bitter rot, Black rot, etc., below. 3. Etym: [Cf. G. rotz glanders.] Defn: A fatal distemper which attacks sheep and sometimes other animals. It is due to the presence of a parasitic worm in the liver or gall bladder. See 1st Fluke, 2. His cattle must of rot and murrain die. Milton. Bitter rot (Bot.), a disease of apples, caused by the fungus Glæosporium fructigenum. F. L. Scribner. -- Black rot (Bot.), a disease of grapevines, attacking the leaves and fruit, caused by the fungus Læstadia Bidwellii. F. L. Scribner. -- Dry rot (Bot.) See under Dry. -- Grinder's rot (Med.) See under Grinder. -- Potato rot. (Bot.) See under Potato. -- White rot (Bot.), a disease of grapes, first appearing in whitish pustules on the fruit, caused by the fungus Coniothyrium diplodiella. F. L. Scribner.