rust

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/ɹʌst/

noun 5verb 5name 5

Collocations

(noun.)

VERB + RUST

clean off, get off, remove, scrape off

RUST + NOUN

spot, stain

protection

The old bicycle needed rust protection, so we painted it with a special coating.

PHRASES

covered/flecked/red/spotted with rust

The abandoned bicycle in the garage was spotted with rust after sitting outside for years.

(verb.)

ADV

badly

away, through

The old bicycle has been rusting away in the shed since we bought the new one.

Definitions

noun

The deteriorated state of iron or steel as a result of moisture and oxidation; it consists mostly of iron(III) oxide (ferric oxide) and iron(II) oxide (ferrous oxide).

The rust on my bicycle chain made cycling to work very dangerous.

A similar substance based on another metal.

copper rust

A reddish-brown color.

A disease of plants caused by a reddish-brown fungus (Pucciniales).

Damage caused to stamps and album pages by a fungal infection.

verb

To oxidize, especially of iron or steel.

The patio furniture had rusted in the wind-driven spray.

Your gold and silver have rusted, and their rust will be evidence against you and will eat your flesh like fire.

To cause to oxidize.

The wind-driven spray had thoroughly rusted the patio furniture.

To be affected with the parasitic fungus called rust.

I am sorry to say that, contrary to the majority, I have to report that the forage rusted rather badly.

To (cause to) degenerate in idleness; to make or become dull or impaired by inaction.

Must I rust in Egypt? never more / Appear in arms, and be the chief of Greece?

Of a black cat or its fur, to turn rust-coloured following long periods of exposure to sunlight.

It's very common for black cats to rust during the summer.

name

A surname.

A township in Montmorency County, Michigan, United States.

A municipality in Ortenaukreis, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.

A small city in Burgenland, Austria.

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Synonyms

noun — the formation of reddish-brown ferric oxides on iron by low-

rusting

verb — become destroyed by water, air, or a corrosive such as an ac

corrode

verb — cause to deteriorate due to the action of water, air, or an

adjective — of the brown color of rust

rusty
rust-brown

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

bucket of rust

Synonym of rustbucket.

Gimme the keys To any old bucket of rust

Example Bank

The rust on my bicycle chain made cycling to work very dangerous.

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copper rust

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The patio furniture had rusted in the wind-driven spray.

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Your gold and silver have rusted, and their rust will be evidence against you and will eat your flesh like fire.

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The relegation of locomotives to storage seemed to be on a very unsystematic basis on all three principal Irish railways: while one member of a class was rusting in a yard, another might be hard at wo

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In Rust, the compiler plays a gatekeeper role by refusing to compile code with these elusive bugs, including concurrency bugs.

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Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, rust is marked as figuratively. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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