Rotting
['rɔtiŋ]
Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Rot
Editor: Sheldon
Examples
- We all know that leather is the skins of animals, dressed and prepared for our use by tanning, or some other process, which preserves them from rotting and renders them pliable and tough. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- I listened for a few moments, and in the musty rotting silence of the house believed that I could hear the murmur of their young voices. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
Edited by Antony