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.
In its way, rotting is interesting too, as we will see. From Wordnik.com. [Excerpt: Stiff by Mary Roach] Reference
On the other hand, we've been rotting from the beginning. From Wordnik.com. [Is That Legal?: Quod Erat Demonstratum.] Reference
All while the US is rotting from the inside domestically. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » Peas in a pod.] Reference
And, like a fish, that institution is rotting from the head. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2009-05-01] Reference
Since Mannequin rotting in a taxicab is a good composition. From Wordnik.com. [Benefit Of Clergy: Some Notes On Salvador Dali] Reference
Conclusion: American society is slowly rotting from the inside. From Wordnik.com. [Is That Legal?: September 2006 Archives] Reference
Tree growing in rotting paper, Detroit Public Schools book depository. From Wordnik.com. [Detroit Oozes Sexiness] Reference
So long as they lived, you would remain rotting away under their rule. From Wordnik.com. [Clarity of Night's "Silhouette" Short Fiction Contest] Reference
(Right) Many large fish remain rotting along the shores of Lake Charles. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2005-09-01] Reference
In winter, the cavities in rotting trees are favoured by butterflies and hibernating bats. From Wordnik.com. [Dynamite Becomes Latest Weapon in Battle to Save Forests | Impact Lab] Reference
And every dirty shade will rise rotting from the grave/Tomorrow will be just like the day after. From Wordnik.com. [May 20th, 2004] Reference
And finally there is the pictureapparently some kind of faked photographof Mannequin rotting in a taxicab. From Wordnik.com. [Benefit Of Clergy: Some Notes On Salvador Dali] Reference
I still think CNN's been rotting from the head down for the past twenty years, and it's not going to be fixed in a matter of months. From Wordnik.com. [Reese Schonfeld: CNN: The Axe Has Dropped, But Will the Ratings Rise?] Reference
Knowing how his father would react, Carlisle crawled into a cellar and buried himself in rotting potatoes for the three days of the change. From Wordnik.com. [Twilight Lexicon » Cullen, Carlisle] Reference
Became his own brain rotting from the guilt. From Wordnik.com. [A Single, Homeless, Circling Satellite: Derek Walcott, 1992 Nobel Literature Laureate] Reference
"It's just sitting there rotting, which is bizarre," says Mr. Mowlam. From Wordnik.com. [Keeping Up Appearances:] Reference
We injected it with the same stuff that’s in the tank to stop it rotting from the inside. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2010-03-01] Reference
The Say Anything party came to power in the 80’s and 90’s and has been slowly rotting from the top down ever since. From Wordnik.com. [Balloon Juice » 2006 » October] Reference
Nowhere in that blog post did she say that relief goods were "rotting" - the word she used was "inaalikabok" (which means. From Wordnik.com. [Global Voices Online] Reference
The idea of rotting is too gruesome for me. From Wordnik.com. [Superhero Nation: how to write superhero novels and comic books » “Funeral home closed after dismembering corpse to fit casket”] Reference
He became a pain in the neck, a kind of rotting attachment. From Wordnik.com. [With No Ax to Grind] Reference
The plaintiff countered that the "rotting" provision only applied only to wood. From Wordnik.com. [Fourth Department] Reference
02: 00 am: And every dirty shade will rise rotting from the grave/Tomorrow will be just like the day after - 4 comments. From Wordnik.com. [May 2004] Reference
Let the brain rotting begin. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2007-06-01] Reference
America is rotting from the top. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » Bolton: ‘This is Put Up or Shut Up Time For Iran,’ Unilateral Military Action Is ‘On The Table’] Reference
Not only was it a mess, he argued, but it was more or less "rotting" away in Paramount's vault. From Wordnik.com. [PopMatters] Reference
Wood Ever popular wood fences can be very beautiful but they can pose problems such as rotting and termite infestation. From Wordnik.com. [Realty Times Real Estate News Channel] Reference
"rotting", the official Ziana news agency reported Saturday. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
Then Bass uses a gloved hand to lift a rotting limb. From Wordnik.com. [Down On The Body Farm] Reference
And meanwhile, their crops are rotting in the fields back home. From Wordnik.com. [A Race With Death] Reference
Leuna's millions are only a small bit of a cancer that is rotting the heart of Europe. From Wordnik.com. [Europe's Dirty Secret] Reference
"We are so used to pollution, to the smell of rotting cabbage," said Andrei Pylukh, an artist. From Wordnik.com. [The Recession’s Green Lining] Reference
"There may be thousands of innocent people rotting in jail," suggests New York attorney Peter Neufeld, who helped get Kotler out. From Wordnik.com. [Genetics In The Courtroom] Reference
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