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# rancid

adjective

«rancid» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Smelling or tasting bad because it has gone off, especially fat, oil, butter, nuts or milk: «rancid butter». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rancid/#m1)
2. (informal) Horrible or very unpleasant: «That joke was rancid.» [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rancid/#m2)

### In the lessons

In science and food lessons rancid fat shows food spoiling as fats react with air; in everyday life it tells you not to eat something; kids also use it as slang for «disgusting». Phrases: «go rancid», «turn rancid», «a rancid smell».

### Examples

- The butter had gone rancid in the heat. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rancid/#x1)
- Old cooking oil smells rancid. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rancid/#x2)
- Nuts can turn rancid if you keep them too long. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rancid/#x3)
- Throw that rancid milk away. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rancid/#x4)
- Ugh, your PE bag smells rancid! [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rancid/#x5)
- Keep oil in a cool, dark place so it does not go rancid. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rancid/#x6)
- It consisted of watery soup, seasoned with pepper and rancid oil. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rancid/#x7)

### Note

Use «go/turn rancid». Science: fats go rancid when they react with oxygen in the air (oxidation) or with water and germs; cold, dark and airtight storage slows it. Eating rancid food can make you feel ill.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «rancid» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rancid/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«rancid» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/rancid.html) on Mova free.