rots is a form of:
Rot
noun
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- (A rotting or being rotten; something rotten, something that is decayed or decaying; certain diseases of, plants or animals, decomposition decay) cut off the rot កន្លែងពុករលួយ, loss due to rot ការពុក រឺរលួយ, plants caught a rot ជំងឺដែលធ្វើអោយពុក
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- (SLANG) អ្វីៗដែលមិនសមហេតុផល
Example: That's a lot of rot.
verb — past tense: rotted ; past participle: rotted ; present participle: rotting ;
- 1.
- (វេជ្ជសាស្ត្រ) រលួយ
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- (TRANSITIVE) (To cause to decompose or decay) elements rot wood ធ្វើអោយពុក
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- (INTRANSITIVE) (To decompose, to become unhealthy; etc) ធ្វើអោយពុករឺរលួយ, ធ្វើអោយខូច
Example: Rotting wood, straw, etc., Rot in prison, Dampness rots wood, The potatoes remained in the wet ground so long that rotted.apples rot ខូច, រលួយ, ស្អុយ, dead trees rot ពុក, rot away ពុករលួយទៅ
ENGLISH MEANING
noun
- 1.
- Process of rotting; decay; putrefaction.
- 2.
- A disease or decay in fruits, leaves, or wood, supposed to be caused by minute fungi.
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- 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.
verb — past tense: rotted ; past participle: rotted ; present participle: rotting ;
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- (INTRANSITIVE) 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.
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- (FIGURATIVE) (INTRANSITIVE) To perish slowly; to decay; to die; to become corrupt.
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- (TRANSITIVE) To make putrid; to cause to be wholly or partially decomposed by natural processes; as, to rot vegetable fiber.
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- (TRANSITIVE) To expose, as flax, to a process of maceration, etc., for the purpose of separating the fiber; to ret.
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- decay, decompose, disintegrate, putrefy, spoil, waste
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- flourish, grow, increase, rise