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/icons/point.icon DECAY, DECOMPOSE, ROT, PUTREFY, SPOIL mean to undergo destructive dissolution.
DECAY implies a slow change from a state of soundness or perfection.
e.g. a decaying mansion
DECOMPOSE stresses a breaking down by chemical change and when applied to organic matter a corruption.
e.g. the strong odor of decomposing vegetation
ROT is a close synonym of DECOMPOSE and often connotes foulness.
e.g. fruit was left to rot in warehouses
PUTREFY implies the rotting of animal matter and offensiveness to sight and smell.
e.g. corpses putrefying on the battlefield
SPOIL applies chiefly to the decomposition of foods.
e.g. keep the ham from spoiling
verb (rots, rotting, rotted)
(chiefly of animal or vegetable matter) decay or cause to decay by the action of bacteria and fungi; decompose:
〈木材･食べ物などが〉腐る, 朽ちる(away); 朽ちてなくなる［落ちる］(off) (!decayより日常的な語)
e.g. no object : the chalets were neglected and their woodwork was rotting away
〈木材･食べ物など〉を腐らせる, 朽ちさせる
e.g. with object : caries sets in at a weak point and spreads to rot the whole tooth.
gradually deteriorate through lack of attention or opportunity:
〈人などが〉堕落する; 〈社会などが〉衰退する; 〈体などが〉衰える.
e.g. he cannot understand the way the education system has been allowed to rot.
noun
1. the process of decaying:
腐敗, 腐食
e.g. the leaves were turning black with rot.
rotten or decayed matter:
腐敗物; (木材などの)腐った部分
e.g. she was busy cutting the rot from the potatoes.
usually with modifier any of a number of fungal or bacterial diseases that cause tissue deterioration, especially in plants.
〘植〙 (根などの)腐敗病; 〘動〙 (ひづめなどの)腐敗
2. (the rot) British a process of deterioration; a decline in standards:
｟主に英｠ ; 〖the ～〗 (事･状況などの)悪化; 堕落; 衰退.
e.g. there is enough talent in the team to stop the rot
e.g. it was when they moved back to the family home that the rot set in.
US corruption on the part of officials.
3. informal, chiefly British nonsense; rubbish:
｟英･くだけて･やや古｠ たわごと, ばかげたこと
e.g. don't talk rot.
ORIGIN
Old English rotian (verb), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch rotten; the noun (Middle English) may have come via Scandinavian.