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rust Definition

rust (rust)

noun

  1. the reddish-brown or reddish-yellow coating formed on iron or steel by oxidation, as during exposure to air and moisture: it consists mainly of ferric oxide, FeO, and ferric hydroxide, Fe(OH)
  2. any coating or film formed on any other metal by oxidation or corrosion
  3. any stain or formation resembling iron rust
  4. any habit, influence, growth, etc. injurious to usefulness, to the mind or character, etc.
  5. disuse of mental or moral powers; inactivity; idleness
  6. the color of iron rust; reddish brown or reddish yellow
  7. Bot.
    1. any of various plant diseases characterized by a spotted reddish or brownish discoloration of stems and leaves
    2. any of an order (Uredinales) of basidiomycetous fungi causing rust

Etymology: ME < OE, akin to Ger rost < IE base *reudh-, red

intransitive verb, transitive verb

  1. to affect or be affected by a rust fungus
  2. to become or cause to be coated with rust, as iron
  3. to deteriorate or spoil, as through disuse a mind that has rusted
  4. to become or make rust-colored

rust Synonyms

rust

modif.

reddish, red-yellow, reddish-brown; see brown, red.

rust Synonyms

rust

n.

corrosion, oxidation, decomposition, corruption, decay, rot, dilapidation, breakup, wear.

rust Synonyms

rust

v.

oxidize, become rusty, corrode, degenerate, decay, rot, erode.

rust Usage Examples

Object

  • hulk: Further along the coast, a small wooden boat battled the waves, dwarfed against the rusting hulk of an abandoned Russian trawler.
  • bolt: From earlier articles you may remember my description of the difficulty involved in removing rusted bolts from the wooden frame.
  • metal: A manual pump, the rusted metal seemingly dating to the Victorian era, sat in the shallows.
  • machinery: The Factory - Another fairly small level, again a metal theme, with lots of rusting machinery around which sets the style nicely.

Adjective modifier

  • yellow: Yellow rust of barley No samples were received in 1997.
  • brown: Brown rust of barley The high incidence of barley brown rust in 1989 was reflected in the large number of leaf samples received.

Modifies a noun

  • remover: Examples of such products are: VCI 422 VpCI enhanced skin safe water based rust removers.
  • fungus: Leaf spot and rust fungi are the main culprits, as well as viral diseases and nematode pests.
  • bucket: You could end up with a bargain or a complete rust bucket.
  • spore: When the foliage dries more quickly, infections are reduced since, like almost all fungal spores, rust spores require water for germination.
  • stain: Are they blood stains, or mud stains, or rust stains, or fruit stains, or what are they?
  • inhibitor: You can also use the holes to inject inside the sections with a quality rust inhibitor.

Followed by an intransitive particle

through: The reinforcement D plate behind the light cluster is just starting to rust through.

Preposition: of

  • barley: Brown rust of barley Brown rust was the most severe disease of barley in 1990.
  • wheat: Yellow rust of wheat Yellow rust was widespread in 2000 for the fourth consecutive year.

Noun used with modifier

  • soybean: Soybean rust is a new disease, increasingly affecting soybeans in South America, requiring increased fungicide applications.
  • leaf: I seem to have leaf rust on my Rhododendron.
  • blister: Plants can harbor a stage of white pine blister rust, so they should not be grown in the vicinity of pine trees.
  • crown: Crown rust of oats Crown rust was more widespread than in recent years.
  • cereal: Colin was at the time visiting research groups in Africa working on cereal rusts are a problem.