rot verb [ I,T ] uk/rɒt/ uspresent participle rot ting | past tense and past participle rot ted If vegetable or animal substances rot , they decay, and if something rot s them, it makes them decay.
гнить, портить(ся) The fruit had been left to rot on the trees. Sugar rot s your teeth. the smell of rot ting fish
ROT noun
[ U ] uk/rɒt/ us decay
гниение, гниль There was rot in the woodwork. Идиомыthe rot sets instop the rot