Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
retting , .
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- verb Present participle of
rot .
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- noun (biology) the process of decay caused by bacterial or fungal action
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Examples
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She has no more control over her traits than a dog has over his love of rolling in rotting flesh.
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I still think CNN's been rotting from the head down for the past twenty years, and it's not going to be fixed in a matter of months.
Reese Schonfeld: CNN: The Axe Has Dropped, But Will the Ratings Rise? Reese Schonfeld 2010
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So long as they lived, you would remain rotting away under their rule.
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And, like a fish, that institution is rotting from the head.
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I still think CNN's been rotting from the head down for the past twenty years, and it's not going to be fixed in a matter of months.
Reese Schonfeld: CNN: The Axe Has Dropped, But Will the Ratings Rise? Reese Schonfeld 2010
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So long as they lived, you would remain rotting away under their rule.
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I still think CNN's been rotting from the head down for the past twenty years, and it's not going to be fixed in a matter of months.
Reese Schonfeld: CNN: The Axe Has Dropped, But Will the Ratings Rise? Reese Schonfeld 2010
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Tree growing in rotting paper, Detroit Public Schools book depository.
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On the other hand, we've been rotting from the beginning.
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Conclusion: American society is slowly rotting from the inside.
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