[
  {
    "word": "rot",
    "phonetic": "/\u0279\u0254t/",
    "phonetics": [
      {
        "text": "/\u0279\u0254t/",
        "audio": ""
      },
      {
        "text": "/\u0279\u0254t/",
        "audio": ""
      },
      {
        "text": "/\u0279\u0252t/",
        "audio": ""
      },
      {
        "text": "[\u0279\u0251t]",
        "audio": "https://api.dictionaryapi.dev/media/pronunciations/en/rot-us.mp3",
        "sourceUrl": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1763038",
        "license": {
          "name": "BY-SA 3.0",
          "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"
        }
      }
    ],
    "meanings": [
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "noun",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "The process of becoming rotten; putrefaction.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "Decaying matter.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "Any of several diseases in which breakdown of tissue occurs.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "Verbal nonsense.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [],
        "antonyms": []
      },
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "verb",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "To suffer decomposition due to biological action, especially by fungi or bacteria.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "The apple left in the cupboard all that time had started to rot."
          },
          {
            "definition": "To decline in function or utility.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "Your brain will rot if you spend so much time on the computer, Tony!"
          },
          {
            "definition": "To (cause to) deteriorate in any way, as in morals; to corrupt.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "To make putrid; to cause to be wholly or partially decomposed by natural processes.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "to rot vegetable fiber"
          },
          {
            "definition": "To spend a long period of time (in an unpleasant place).",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "to rot in Hell"
          },
          {
            "definition": "To expose, as flax, to a process of maceration, etc., for the purpose of separating the fiber; to ret.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "To talk nonsense.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [
          "putrefy"
        ],
        "antonyms": []
      }
    ],
    "license": {
      "name": "CC BY-SA 3.0",
      "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"
    },
    "sourceUrls": [
      "https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/rot"
    ]
  }
]