rot away

to decompose; to decompose and fall away. The fallen trees rotted away and surrendered their nutrients to the soil. As the wood rotted away, it became rich humus.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Allegria	-	English (Rare)
Olwen	-	Welsh
Lalo	LAH-lo	Spanish
Tara (1)	TAHR-ə, TER-ə, TAR-ə	English
Kuzey	-	Turkish
Elvira	el-BEE-rah (Spanish), el-VEE-rah (Italian)	Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, German, Dutch, Russian