Synonyms for rotting
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : rot |
| Phonetic Transcription : rÉ’t |
Définition of rotting
Origin :- Old English rotian "to decay, putrefy," from Proto-Germanic *rutjan (cf. Old Saxon roton, Old Norse rotna, Old Frisian rotia, Middle Dutch roten, Dutch rotten, Old High German rozzen "to rot," German rößen "to steep flax"), from stem *rut-. Related: Rotted; rotting.
- adj crumbling
- Some reckon it incorruptible; and if it be not, it is at least a great many years in rotting.
- Extract from : « The History of Louisiana » by Le Page Du Pratz
- The woodwork down below was rotting, and covered with filth.
- Extract from : « The Fat and the Thin » by Emile Zola
- All the tints had turned dirty grey in this cupboard, rotting with dust and damp.
- Extract from : « Therese Raquin » by Emile Zola
- Gather at the full of the Moone for keeping, gather dry for feare of rotting.
- Extract from : « A New Orchard And Garden » by William Lawson
- The hill was covered with mushrooms, which were rotting unregarded.
- Extract from : « Ireland as It Is » by Robert John Buckley (AKA R.J.B.)
- This will neutralize the acid and prevent it from rotting the wood.
- Extract from : « The Automobile Storage Battery » by O. A. Witte
- It was littered with rotting straw and plum stones and melon seeds.
- Extract from : « Wayside Courtships » by Hamlin Garland
- There seems to be no bacteria in the abysses, so there can be no rotting.
- Extract from : « The Outline of Science, Vol. 1 (of 4) » by J. Arthur Thomson
- They keep the sea from rotting, by keeping it in a perpetual stir.
- Extract from : « True Words for Brave Men » by Charles Kingsley
- Snow had filtered in at the windows, and the floor was rotting away.
- Extract from : « The Cryptogram » by William Murray Graydon
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