Dictionary entry

The rot sets in

Pronunciation

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Myanmar Meaning

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Definition

rot /rɒt/ v ( -tt- ) (က) ေဆြးသည္။ ျမည့္သည္။ ရိသည္။ [ဥ] ပစ္(ထား)သည္။ a heap of rotting leaves ❍ rotting vegetation ❍ The wood has rotted away completely. ❍ ( fig ) He was thrown into prison and left to rot. (ခ) ေဆြးေစ၊ ျမည့္ေစ၊ ရိေစသည္။ Oil and grease will rot the rubber of your tyres. ❍ Eating too much sugar can rot your teeth away. n [U] ၁။ အေဆြး။ The roof timbers are full of rot (ie rotted wood). See also DRY ROT ၂။ ( dated Brit infml ) မဟုတ္တ႐ုတ္။ Don't talk such utter rot! ❏ the rot sets in [ IDM ] အက္ေၾကာင္းေပၚလာသည္။ ပ်က္သုဥ္း ကိန္းစသည္။ The rot really set in when three senior managers resigned within a week.

Examples

  1. All those sweets will rot your teeth.
  2. The window frames had completely rotted away.
  3. Those who were convicted were sent to rot in prison.