Verb (used with object) : Dampness rots wood. From Dictionary.com.
Noun : the rot of an old house. ,the rot and waste of a swamp. From Dictionary.com.
Brain rotted and fell out after fifteen minutes. From Wordnik.com. [Because I always enjoy Monorail Cat] Reference
The softer membranes of the inside of the mouth held up while the (presumably) outside skin rotted away?. From Wordnik.com. [EXTRALIFE – By Scott Johnson - Creature from “The Dark Crystal” found on beach.] Reference
Well, no one wants to have their brain rotted out, and we certainly don't want any menaces, that's for sure. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2007-06-01] Reference
One way you can tell it's been so long is that the onions had all rotted from the inside, and also the garlics had all dried up. From Wordnik.com. [Breakfast in Bed] Reference
(7/18/07) The body of a woman found in the closet of a "rotted" apartment is discovered after the manager enters to evict the tenants. From Wordnik.com. [JustNews.com - Local News] Reference
I ended up tagging a rotted maggot infested deer. From Wordnik.com. [Etiquette question...I've always rifle hunted and have been lucky to not have to track any of my kills.] Reference
A section of the grille is missing, gone like a rotted tooth. From Wordnik.com. [The Way Back] Reference
It had lain there so long that the leather had all rotted away. From Wordnik.com. [Trials and Triumphs of Faith] Reference
Mike sits in the field against the channelled and rotted trunk. From Wordnik.com. [Hepatitis RR or Bust] Reference
The people refused to work for him, and his crops rotted on the ground. From Wordnik.com. [How to Speak and Write Correctly] Reference
It seems fitting that Hirst's first specimen rotted from the inside out. From Wordnik.com. [Art With A Real Bite] Reference
The stove turned over, bleeding ash while the oysters rotted in the hold. From Wordnik.com. [DANCING ON AIR] Reference
The interesting thing is that we found the organic berries rotted more slowly. From Wordnik.com. [Is Organically Produced Food More Nutritious?] Reference
Soil, composed of garden loam, sand, and well-rotted manure in equal proportions. From Wordnik.com. [Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Nature Study] Reference
The rest of his teeth were extraordinarily crooked, on the verge of being rotted. From Wordnik.com. [Early One Morning at Denny's] Reference
Use a small amount of fertilizer -- well-rotted manure spaded deeply into the soil. From Wordnik.com. [Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Nature Study] Reference
A frayed piece of rope, rotted long ago, still hung down from the arm of the yoke. From Wordnik.com. [Shorty] Reference
Groceries rotted in the back of the fridge, and we spent too much money at the diner. From Wordnik.com. [Pillow] Reference
I think this shows how the obsession has rotted even the legendary local sense of humor. From Wordnik.com. ['God Is Not Great'] Reference
In the bay, whatever had sunk, rotted, or spilled was hiding just beneath the surface. From Wordnik.com. [The Sluice] Reference
The spring sod, half rotted and loosened from the grass roots, furnished the best lodgment. From Wordnik.com. [The Wind Before the Dawn] Reference
The curtains were rotted as if long unused, dirty and blotched with mould staining the leather. From Wordnik.com. [Valley of the Croen] Reference
In the mud, constantly cut by ice, too wet most of the time, a horse's hoofs rotted on its feet. From Wordnik.com. [Ride Proud, Rebel!] Reference
Though brown and crumbly and good-smelling and well decomposed, it may only have partially rotted. From Wordnik.com. [Organic Gardener's Composting] Reference
TheTempleof the Bluefish reeks of rotted teeth, not like theTempleof the Minnows. From Wordnik.com. [Minnows] Reference
Our bathroom had small blue tiles on the floor, and once a dead mouse rotted underneath the claw foot tub. From Wordnik.com. [Dishes] Reference
Given Brandon's similarly loutish and inexcusable behavior, it seems the apple hasn't rotted far from the tree. From Wordnik.com. [Hollywood, Interrupted] Reference
The beasts have rotted in their dung, the barns are destroyed, the storehouses are broken down: because the corn is confounded. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 34: Joel The Challoner Revision] Reference
The corset like skeleton of the rotted lace lamp shade is mouldy rusted with the blood of insects who batter themselves in its jaws. From Wordnik.com. [THE BOOK OF SUCH ~ a suite of poems] Reference
Plus, since Brendon has to take chum baths every hour, Bitchney gets to be handcuffed to him while he's stinking of rotted fish guts. From Wordnik.com. [Tallulah Morehead: Big Brother 12 : Mothra, the Penguin, and the Succubus.] Reference
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