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rotting away

rotting away is the present participle and gerund of rot away.

Meaning of rot away

Verb

rot away (third-person singular simple present rots away, present participle rotting away, simple past and past participle rotted away)

  1. To spend a long period of time in an unproductive manner.
    • “I thought you were rotting away in prison,” she purred.2017, David Walliams [pseudonym; David Edward Williams], Bad Dad, London: HarperCollins Children’s Books, →ISBN

Questions about rotting away

What is rotting away the present participle and gerund of?
Rotting away is the present participle and gerund of rot away.

Words near rotting away in the dictionary

  1. rotti
  2. rottie
  3. Rotties
  4. rottin'
  5. rotting
  6. rotting away
  7. rotting in hell
  8. rotting off
  9. rotting through
  10. Rottingdean
  11. Rottinghaus

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