rust
IPA: rˈʌst
noun
- The deteriorated state of iron or steel as a result of moisture and oxidation.
- A similar substance based on another metal.
- (color) A reddish-brown color.
- A disease of plants caused by a reddish-brown fungus.
- (philately) Damage caused to stamps and album pages by a fungal infection.
- A surname.
- (computer languages) A multiparadigm programming language focused on safety, especially safe concurrency.
verb
- (intransitive) To oxidize, especially of iron or steel.
- (transitive) To cause to oxidize.
- (intransitive) To be affected with the parasitic fungus called rust.
- (transitive, intransitive, figuratively) To (cause to) degenerate in idleness; to make or become dull or impaired by inaction.
- (intransitive) Of a black cat or its fur, to turn rust-coloured following long periods of exposure to sunlight.
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Examples of "rust" in Sentences
- Copper will not rust.
- The incrustation and rust removed.
- The tin prevents the can from rusting.
- Some of the rust has been washed away.
- Notice the rust on the metal sheet base.
- The object might change by the accumulation of rust.
- Copper will not rust and it weathers naturally to verdigris patina.
- Rust is named after the resulting phenomenon of the oxidation of iron.
- Is this about the super distortion in the neck of the dimebag razorback rust
- The characters will encounter rust, dilapidation and ruin everywhere they go.