Definitions
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- adjective Destroyed or damaged by
rot . - adjective Newfoundland Pissed off, deeply annoyed.
- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
rot .
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- adjective damaged by decay; hence unsound and useless
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Examples
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Brain rotted and fell out after fifteen minutes ....
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Well, no one wants to have their brain rotted out, and we certainly don't want any menaces, that's for sure.
Archive 2007-06-01 2007
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The softer membranes of the inside of the mouth held up while the (presumably) outside skin rotted away?
EXTRALIFE – By Scott Johnson - Creature from “The Dark Crystal” found on beach. 2006
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One way you can tell it's been so long is that the onions had all rotted from the inside, and also the garlics had all dried up.
Breakfast in Bed desayunoencama 2004
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His name rotted above ground, as his carcase rotted under.
Works of John Bunyan — Volume 03 John Bunyan 1658
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Given that cheese can be described as the rotted bodily fluid of an ungulate, that's not far off.
You Eat That? Rachel Herz 2012
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At Historic Preservation Commission meetings, people who want to replace their windows often describe windows in this condition as "rotted,"
Renovation And Ed McMahon's Teeth David Wharton 2007
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At Historic Preservation Commission meetings, people who want to replace their windows often describe windows in this condition as "rotted,"
Archive 2007-07-01 David Wharton 2007
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All laughed -- George was licensed; but all felt that the family was being 'rotted'; and this seemed to them unnatural, now that it was going to give five of its members to the service of the
The Forsyte Saga, Volume II. Indian Summer of a Forsyte In Chancery John Galsworthy 1900
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All laughed -- George was licensed; but all felt that the family was being 'rotted'; and this seemed to them unnatural, now that it was going to give five of its members to the service of the
The Forsyte Saga - Complete John Galsworthy 1900
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