Window frames have rotted and had to be replaced.
Another farmer bought drying equipment and did everything right—even the departmental officials agreed that he did everything right—but his potatoes rotted as well.
When a prop is rotted by excessive heat, it results in roof falls.
The guttering has rotted, the roofs have reached the end of their lives and in many places floors need to be replaced.
The radicles of eight germinated seeds entered the ground; those of the other six were attacked by fungus and rotted or were eaten within a few days.
Seeds were classified as empty (seed shell is empty; seed has completely rotted), infected by fungi and intact (no signs of damage).
Seeds were checked after the period of expected germination to confirm that they had rotted.
Before he could retrieve them, the eyes rotted.