Rust

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  • noun. undefined
  • noun. Any of various powdery or scaly reddish-brown or reddish-yellow hydrated ferric oxides and hydroxides formed on iron and iron-containing materials by low-temperature oxidation in the presence of water.
  • noun. Any of various metallic coatings, especially oxides, formed by corrosion.
  • noun. A stain or coating resembling iron rust.
  • noun. Deterioration, as of ability, resulting from inactivity or neglect.
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. Rust fungus.
  • noun. A plant disease caused by a rust fungus, characterized by reddish or brownish spots on leaves, stems, and other parts.
  • noun. A strong brown.
  • intransitive verb. To become corroded.
  • intransitive verb. To deteriorate or degenerate through inactivity or neglect.
  • intransitive verb. To become the color of rust.
  • intransitive verb. To develop a disease caused by a rust fungus.
  • intransitive verb. To corrode or subject (a metal) to rust formation.
  • intransitive verb. To impair or spoil, as by misuse or inactivity.
  • intransitive verb. To color (something) a strong brown.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. Rust formed on iron by exposure to air and water often approaches pretty closely in composition the mineral limonite, a ferric oxyhydroxid (Fe4O3(HO)6). It also frequently contains some ferrous or ferrosoferric oxid and hydroxid, and is more or less perceptibly magnetic.
  • An obsolete variant of roost.
  • To contract or gather rust; be oxidized.
  • To assume an appearance of rust, or as if coated with rust.
  • To degenerate in idleness; become dull through inaction.
  • To cause to contract rust.
  • To impair by time and inactivity.
  • noun. The red or orange-yellow coating which is formed on the surface of iron when exposed to air and moisture; red oxid of iron; in an extended sense, any metallic oxid forming a coat on the metal.
  • noun. In metal-working, a composition of iron-filings and sal ammoniac, with sometimes a little sulphur, moistened with water and used for filling fast joints.
  • noun. In botany, a fungous growth on plants which resembles rust on metal; plant-disease caused by fungi of the class Uredineæ (which see, for special characterization): same as brand, 6. See Fungi, mildew, Puccinia, and Trichobasis; also black rust and red rust, below.
  • noun. Any foul extraneous matter; a corrosive, injurious, or disfiguring accretion.
  • noun. Any growth, influence, or habit tending to injure the mental or moral faculties; a habit or tendency which clogs action or usefulness; also, the state of being affected with such a habit.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • transitive verb. To cause to contract rust; to corrode with rust; to affect with rust of any kind.
  • transitive verb. To impair by time and inactivity.
  • noun. The reddish yellow coating formed on iron when exposed to moist air, consisting of ferric oxide or hydroxide; hence, by extension, any metallic film of corrosion.
  • noun. A minute mold or fungus forming reddish or rusty spots on the leaves and stems of cereal and other grasses (Trichobasis Rubigo-vera), now usually believed to be a form or condition of the corn mildew (Puccinia graminis). As rust, it has solitary reddish spores; as corn mildew, the spores are double and blackish.
  • noun. That which resembles rust in appearance or effects.
  • noun. Foul matter arising from degeneration.
  • noun. Corrosive or injurious accretion or influence.
  • noun. a joint made between surfaces of iron by filling the space between them with a wet mixture of cast-iron borings, sal ammoniac, and sulphur, which by oxidation becomes hard, and impervious to steam, water, etc.
  • noun. a minute mite (Phytopius oleivorus) which, by puncturing the rind, causes the rust-colored patches on oranges.
  • intransitive verb. To contract rust; to be or become oxidized.
  • intransitive verb. To be affected with the parasitic fungus called rust; also, to acquire a rusty appearance, as plants.
  • intransitive verb. To degenerate in idleness; to become dull or impaired by inaction.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. The deteriorated state of iron or steel as a result of moisture and oxidation.
  • noun. A reddish-brown color.
  • noun. A disease of plants caused by a reddish-brown fungus.
  • verb. to oxidize, especially of iron or steel.
  • verb. to cause to oxidize.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • verb. become coated with oxide
  • verb. become destroyed by water, air, or a corrosive such as an acid
  • verb. cause to deteriorate due to the action of water, air, or an acid
  • noun. a red or brown oxide coating on iron or steel caused by the action of oxygen and moisture
  • noun. the formation of reddish-brown ferric oxides on iron by low-temperature oxidation in the presence of water
  • Word Usage
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    Equivalent
    chromatic  
    Form
    rusted  rusting  
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    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    adjust  antitrust  brust  bused  bussed  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    aluminum  armored  brass  char  corrosion  
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    Titian  Titian-red  adust  age  algae  
    verb-form
    rusted  rusting  rusts