rot

pourrir, se décomposer

Se décomposer peu à peu et devenir inutilisable, en parlant d’aliments, de bois ou d’autres matières naturelles.

En anglais simple : If food, wood, or other natural material does this, it slowly breaks down and becomes unusable.

• The fruit will rot in the heat.
• Water got inside, and the wood rotted.
• Leaves are rotting at the bottom of the pond.

Synonymes : decay, decompose

Expressions courantes : rot away, rot in something, begin to rot, start to rot

se dégrader

Perdre progressivement sa capacité à bien fonctionner, souvent par manque d’activité utile.

En anglais simple : To gradually lose the ability to work well, often because of too little useful activity.

• My mind will rot without anything to do.
• They left him to rot in a dull office.
• She says endless television has rotted his brain.

Synonymes : deteriorate, decline

Contraires : improve

Expressions courantes : rot your brain, rot away, let something rot

pourriture, décomposition

Processus par lequel les aliments, le bois ou d’autres matières naturelles se dégradent peu à peu et deviennent inutilisables.

En anglais simple : The process in which food, wood, or other natural material slowly breaks down and becomes unusable.

• Damp conditions encourage rot.
• The roof beams showed signs of rot.
• This treatment protects outdoor wood against rot.

Synonymes : decay, decomposition

Expressions courantes : dry rot, wet rot, prevent rot, wood rot

matière pourrie

Matière, comme le bois, devenue molle ou fragile en se décomposant.

En anglais simple : Material such as wood that has broken down and become soft or weak.

• The beam was full of rot.
• He scraped the rot out of the window frame.
• We found soft rot inside the fallen tree.

Synonymes : decayed matter

Expressions courantes : full of rot, remove the rot, patch of rot

bêtises, balivernes

Propos absurdes ou totalement faux.

En anglais simple : Something someone says that is silly or completely untrue.

• That's complete rot!
• He was talking rot about the weather.
• Don't believe that rot about hidden treasure.

Synonymes : nonsense, rubbish, drivel

Expressions courantes : talk rot, utter rot, a lot of rot