Found 3 items, similar to Rotting.
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: rot kebusukan, membusuk
English → English (WordNet) Definition: rotting rot n 1: decay usually accompanied by an offensive odor [syn: putrefaction] 2: (biology) decaying caused by bacterial or fungal action [syn: decomposition, rotting, putrefaction] 3: unacceptable behavior (especially ludicrously false statements) [syn: bunk, bunkum, buncombe, guff, hogwash] [also: rotting, rotted] rot v 1: break down; “The bodies decomposed in the heat” [syn: decompose, molder, moulder] 2: waste away; “Political prisoners are wasting away in many prisons all over the world” [syn: waste] [also: rotting, rotted] rotting n : (biology) decaying caused by bacterial or fungal action [syn: decomposition, rot, putrefaction] rotting See rot
English → English (gcide) Definition: Rotting Rot \Rot\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Rotted; p. pr. & vb. n. Rotting.] [OE. rotien, AS. rotian; akin to D. rotten, Prov. G. rotten, OHG. rozz?n, G. r["o]sten to steep flax, Icel. rotna to rot, Sw. ruttna, Dan. raadne, Icel. rottin rotten. [root]117. 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. [1913 Webster] Fixed like a plant on his peculiar spot, To draw nutrition, propagate, and rot. --Pope. [1913 Webster] 2. Figuratively: To perish slowly; to decay; to die; to become corrupt. [1913 Webster] Four of the sufferers were left to rot in irons. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster] Rot, poor bachelor, in your club. --Thackeray. [1913 Webster] Syn: To putrefy; corrupt; decay; spoil. [1913 Webster]