rot off
B2 neutral inseparable intransitive
In simple words
To fall off because it has gone rotten and can no longer hold together.
Meanings
1 B2 neutral
Of a part of something: to separate and fall away because it has decayed.
"Several fence posts had rotted off at the base and needed to be replaced."
Grammar: inseparable
2 C1 neutral
Of a limb or appendage: to fall away from a body or plant due to disease or decay.
"If left untreated, the infection could cause the tissue to rot off."
Grammar: inseparable
Usage notes
Used of parts that were once attached to a larger whole — branches, limbs, sections of a structure. Emphasises that decay is the direct mechanism of the separation.
Commonly used with
branch limb handle post beam planks
Forms
Base
rot off
I/you/we/they
3rd person
rots off
he/she/it
Past simple
roted off
yesterday
Past participle
roted off
have + pp
-ing form
roting off
continuous
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