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Meanings of
rotting
in English
Portuguese
decomposição
Catalan
descomposició
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(Biology) the process of decay caused by bacterial or fungal action.
rot
decomposition
putrefaction
Portuguese
decomposição
Usage of
rotting
in English
1
Within fifteen miles of the enemy and idly
rotting
in the mud.
2
Ships lay
rotting
at the quays; brambles grow in the commercial streets.
3
The United Nations has warned the food is at risk of
rotting
.
4
We made our way past the
rotting
buffalo hides into the house.
5
They decay to a certain point, and then they just stop
rotting
.
6
If crops end up
rotting
in fields, how will the government react?
7
The
rotting
food and empty wine bottles on the ancient stone floor.
8
Now in connection with the spoilage and
rotting
that is another matter.
9
The discovery of
rotting
salted beef is also common in the town.
10
The money is literally
rotting
in my desk for want of use.
11
Their bodies were piled in a
rotting
heap at the Cashmere gate.
12
Along the river in Bogalay
rotting
corpses remain tangled in the scrub.
13
Their feet sank deeply in cushions of soaked moss and
rotting
leaves.
14
The odor inside-ofsewage,
rotting
food, sweat, other things-causedhim to pause.
15
The
rotting
planks of the boat could not stand such a blow.
16
She wore grey velvet, yellowed with age and
rotting
at the seams.
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rotting
rot
Verb
Present
Noun
Singular
Frequent collocations
rot in
rot flesh
rot away
rot meat
rot leaves
More collocations
Translations for
rotting
Portuguese
decomposição
putrefação
Catalan
descomposició
putrefacció
podridura
Rotting
through the time
Rotting
across language varieties
United States of America
Common
Ireland
Common
United Kingdom
Common