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Meaning of "rotting" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF ROTTING

rotting  [ˈrɒtɪŋ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ROTTING

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Rotting is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES ROTTING MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Rot

Rot or rotting may refer to: ▪ Decomposition, the process by which organic matter breaks down ▪ Dry rot and wet rot in wood ▪ Rot-proof, a process to protect materials from decomposition Technology ▪ Bit rot, the gradual electronic decay of storage media and software ▪ Disk rot, the physical decay of optical disks such as CDs due to chemical or electrical damage ▪ Software rot, a form of bit rot ▪ Link rot, in which hyperlinks on web pages become broken over time ▪ ROT13, a simple substitution cipher in cryptography Places ▪ Rot, a river in Upper Swabia, Germany ▪ Rot an der Rot, a village on the Rot river ▪ Sankt Leon-Rot, a municipality in Baden-Württemberg, Germany ▪ Rot, Sweden, a village in the Älvdalen Municipality, Sweden Other uses ▪ Rot, a vector operator in mathematics ▪ Rotting, an album by the Brazilian metal band Sarcofago ▪ TAROM, a Romanian airline, ICAO code ROT ▪ Recording of transmission, a record made of material broadcast on a radio station...

Definition of rotting in the English dictionary

The definition of rotting in the dictionary is decaying as a result of bacterial or fungal action.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ROTTING


anticlotting
ˌæntɪˈklɒtɪŋ
blotting
ˈblɒtɪŋ
bogtrotting
ˈbɒɡˌtrɒtɪŋ
cybersquatting
ˈsaɪbəˌskwɒtɪŋ
globe-trotting
ˈɡləʊbˌtrɒtɪŋ
hotting
ˈhɒtɪŋ
jotting
ˈdʒɒtɪŋ
knotting
ˈnɒtɪŋ
plotting
ˈplɒtɪŋ
potshotting
ˈpɒtˌʃɒtɪŋ
repotting
ˌriːˈpɒtɪŋ
sand-yachting
ˈsændˌjɒtɪŋ
slotting
ˈslɒtɪŋ
spotting
ˈspɒtɪŋ
squatting
ˈskwɒtɪŋ
swotting
ˈswɒtɪŋ
totting
ˈtɒtɪŋ
train-spotting
ˈtreɪnspɒtɪŋ
trotting
ˈtrɒtɪŋ
yachting
ˈjɒtɪŋ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ROTTING

rottan
rotte
rotted
rotten
rotten apple
rotten borough
rottenly
rottenness
rottenstone
rotter
Rotterdam
Rottweiler
rotula
rotund
rotunda
rotundate
rotundity
rotundly
rotundness
roturier

WORDS THAT END LIKE ROTTING

accounting
admitting
batting
betting
chatting
committing
cutting
emitting
fitting
formatting
knitting
letting
permitting
putting
setting
sitting
spitting
splitting
submitting
transmitting
upsetting

Synonyms and antonyms of rotting in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «ROTTING»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «rotting» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of rotting

Translation of «rotting» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ROTTING

Find out the translation of rotting to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of rotting from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «rotting» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

腐烂
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

pudriéndose
570 millions of speakers

English

rotting
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

सड़
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

المتعفنة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

гниения
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

apodrecendo
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

পচ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

qui pourrit
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Membusuk
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Fäulnis
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

腐っている
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

썩어
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Rotting
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

thối rữa
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

அழுகும்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

सडणे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

çürüyen
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

in putrefazione
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

gnicie
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

гниття
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

putrezire
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

σήψη
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

verrot
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

röta
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

rotting
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of rotting

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ROTTING»

The term «rotting» is quite widely used and occupies the 33.514 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ROTTING» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «rotting» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «rotting» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about rotting

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8 QUOTES WITH «ROTTING»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word rotting.
1
Tina Fey
I think people fetishize glasses in general. You could put glasses on a rotting pumpkin and people would think it was sexy.
2
Tyler Florence
Fruit often ends up rotting in the crisper drawer. Well, that's the wrong place to put it. Out of sight, out of mind. The kids all know where the junk-food shelf is. Make the fruit that easy to get to. Put a big huge bowl of fruit on the counter.
3
Philip Gibbs
We who go out to die shall be remembered, because we gave the world peace. That will be our reward, though we will know nothing of it, but lie rotting in the earth - dead.
4
Ray Kroc
Are you green and growing or ripe and rotting?
5
Edvard Munch
From my rotting body, flowers shall grow and I am in them and that is eternity.
6
Kim Novak
The work I did in Vertigo meant nothing if no one cared about the movie. Luckily, Vertigo had a revival and people had begun to recognize there was something special and it gained in reputation. But it just as well could have ended up rotting in film cans somewhere.
7
Bruce Sterling
My idea of an amusement park story is getting adventurers to go tour environmental disaster areas. After all, if the entire Great Barrier Reef gets killed, which seems like an extremely lively possibility, what are you going to do with all that rotting limestone?
8
Hunter S. Thompson
If I'd written all the truth I knew for the past ten years, about 600 people - including me - would be rotting in prison cells from Rio to Seattle today. Absolute truth is a very rare and dangerous commodity in the context of professional journalism.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ROTTING»

Discover the use of rotting in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to rotting and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Rotting Face : Smallpox and the American Indian
Before it ran out of human fuel, the disease claimed twenty thousand souls. R. G. Robertson tells the story of this deadly virus with modern implications.
R. G. Robertson, 2001
2
The rotting goddess: the origin of the witch in classical ...
"The Rotting Goddess" is an original and important piece of scholarship that addresses fundamental questions in the history of witchcraft -- why the witches meet at midnight, for example, or the ritual of "drawing down the moon" -- with ...
Jacob Rabinowitz, 1998
3
Rotting in the Bangkok Hilton: The Gruesome True Story of a ...
Rotting in the Bangkok Hilton is a collection of short stories chronicling T. M. HoyOCOs descent into the harrowing world of Southeast Asian prison life.
T. M. Hoy, 2012
4
Smells Like Dead Elephants: Dispatches from a Rotting Empire
A political journalist and author of Spanking the Donkey offers a shocking portrait of the American government at work as he sounds off on the abuses and outrages perpetrated by the Bush administration, covering such topics as George W. ...
Matt Taibbi, 2007
5
When Youth Fades: Reach a Ripe Old Age Without Rotting on ...
Growing old doesn't mean giving up your future. Don't let the waning years make you abandon dreams or turn away from new challenges. When youth fades, that's the time to let old-age blossom.
Lillian Rhoades, 2010
6
Rotting from the Head: Donors and LDC Corruption
Contributed articles with reference to political corruption in Bangladesh.
Salim Rashid, 2004
7
Rotting Strawberries
CatuKe Monique. Out the door to the truck the two go, expecting to get drunkard supplies at the local drunks' store. Daylight savings time has yet to end this year, and though it is late there is no immediate reason to use headlights. Slamming ...
CatuKe Monique
8
Investigating Critical Levels of Dry Rotting of Yellow Yam ...
Investigating. critical. levels. of. dry. rotting. of. yellow. yam. (dioscorea. cayenensis). planting. material,. the,". OF DISINFESTING THE HEADS OF PRATYLENCHUS COFFEAE AFTER-PLANTING NEMATICIDE TREATMENTS U / D. G. Hutton, ...
9
Annual report
siderably;" "Potatoes rotting badly;" "Tomatoes are rotting:"" "Grapes are rotting badly;" "Lima beans ruined by the white mold:'' "Lima beans molding;'' "Early potatoes a fine crop, no rot;" "Citron vines have a stunted appearance, rusty blight has ...
‎1904
10
Annual Report
siderably ;"' '"'Potatoes rotting badly ;" ''Tomatoes are rotting;''" "Grapes arc rotting badly ;" "Lima beans ruined by the white mold ;" "Lima beans molding;" "Early potatoes a fine crop, no rot;" "Citron vines have a stunted appearance, rusty blight  ...
New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station, 1904

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ROTTING»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term rotting is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Mayhem + Watain To Co-Headline 'Black Metal Warfare II' U.S. Tour …
The mighty Mayhem will be co-headlining with Swedish titans Watain. The Greek horde Rotting Christ will open. Watain frontman Erik Danielsson says, “As with ... «Loudwire, Jul 15»
2
Rare 'corpse flower' blooms for the first time in 11 years
The 'Titan arum' flowers only once, for 48 hours, and smells of rotting meat, hence its common name of 'corpse flower' (PA) Many more are expected, with the ... «The Independent, Jul 15»
3
Giant, rare and smelly: Titan Arum plant blossoms into a 10ft flower …
One of the world's biggest and smelliest flowers has finally blossomed at a zoo - treating visitors to the stench of rotting meat. The Titan Arum was planted at ... «Mirror.co.uk, Jun 15»
4
Nas on South Carolina Church Shooting: 'Racism Is Rotting America'
Today (June 19), Nas took a different approach. He focused on the mental health side of the issue, and also called out racism as a force that is “rotting America.”. «Radio.com Music and Entertainment News, Jun 15»
5
Rotting meat in abandoned car creates a stink
A car containing rotting meat that is stinking up a shopping centre carpark may be towed on Friday evening. The Honda Domani appears to have been parked ... «Auckland stuff.co.nz, Jun 15»
6
Dozens of rotting corpses found in abandoned crematorium in Mexico
Sixty rotting corpses have been found in an abandoned crematorium near ... in quick-lime powder, apparently in an attempt to limit the smell of rotting flesh. «The Independent, Feb 15»
7
Watch: Graphic anti-smoking ad shows father rolling and smoking …
The advert shows a father lighting rolling and lighting a cigarette full of rotting flesh and proclaims that 'every cigarette rots you from the inside out'. Forest, the ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Dec 14»
8
Casey Kasem's Body -- Rotting in Norway
Casey died in June, and his body has been rotting away in Norway since August. Jean has not even had the body embalmed, according to legal docs. «TMZ.com, Nov 14»
9
Japan's 'sacred' rice farms rotting from inside
Prices have tumbled as Japan's rice consumption has halved in 50 years, and there are fears the sector is rotting from the inside despite—or some say, because ... «Phys.Org, Oct 14»
10
What the Pluck?! Thief Abandons Truck of Rotting Chicken in Montana
The police are usually happy when they find stolen property — but not when it's an unrefrigerated truck full of raw chicken left to rot in a sun-blistered parking lot. «NBCNews.com, Sep 14»

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