To suffer decomposition due to biological action, especially by fungi or bacteria.
To decline in function or utility.
To (cause to) deteriorate in any way, as in morals; to corrupt.
To make putrid; to cause to be wholly or partially decomposed by natural processes.
To spend a long period of time (in an unpleasant place).
To expose, as flax, to a process of maceration, etc., for the purpose of separating the fiber; to ret.
The process of becoming rotten; putrefaction.
Any of several diseases in which breakdown of tissue occurs.
Verbal nonsense.
The process or result of being gradually decomposed.
A deterioration of condition; loss of status or fortune.
To deteriorate, to get worse, to lose strength or health, to decline in quality.
To undergo bit rot, that is, gradual degradation.
To undergo software rot, that is, to fail to be updated in a changing environment, so as to eventually become legacy or obsolete.
To rot, to go bad.
To change by undergoing fission, by emitting radiation, or by capturing or losing one or more electrons.
To optical decay, that is, to relax to a less excited state, usually by emitting a photon or phonon.
Loss of airspeed due to drag.
To cause to rot or deteriorate.
