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Rust

noun
1.
A red or brown oxide coating on iron or steel caused by the action of oxygen and moisture.
2.
A plant disease that produces a reddish-brown discoloration of leaves and stems; caused by various rust fungi.
3.
The formation of reddish-brown ferric oxides on iron by low-temperature oxidation in the presence of water.  Synonym: rusting.
4.
Any of various fungi causing rust disease in plants.  Synonym: rust fungus.
verb
(past & past part. rusted; pres. part. rusting)
1.
Become destroyed by water, air, or a corrosive such as an acid.  Synonym: corrode.  "The pipes rusted"
2.
Cause to deteriorate due to the action of water, air, or an acid.  Synonyms: corrode, eat.  "The steady dripping of water rusted the metal stopper in the sink"
3.
Become coated with oxide.
adjective
1.
Of the brown color of rust.  Synonyms: rust-brown, rusty.



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"Rust" Quotes from Famous Books



... cod-liver oil may be changed to the delightful one of fresh oyster, if the patient will drink a large glass of water poured from a vessel in which nails have been allowed to rust. ...
— The Whitehouse Cookbook (1887) - The Whole Comprising A Comprehensive Cyclopedia Of Information For - The Home • Mrs. F.L. Gillette
... famous. Yet he is unsatisfied. The task and routine of governing a slow, materially minded people, though suited to his son's temperament, are unsuited to his. He wants to wear out rather than to rust out. He wants to discover what the world still holds. He wants to drink life to the lees. The morning has passed, the long day has waned, twilight and the darkness are at hand. But scant as are the years left to him, he will use them ...
— It Can Be Done - Poems of Inspiration • Joseph Morris
... chance the weir or the waterfall than be alone on that island with a maniac. But the chain was stretched straight and stiff as a lance,—she could not untwist it. She was still struggling, with pink fingers bruised and rust-stained, when something heavy crashed through the saplings and a voice ...
— The Incomplete Amorist • E. Nesbit
... are going to rust in the Riviera when you want to be on the Himalayas. Wouldn't it do your wife good to give up her books and her music for a while ...
— The Whirlpool • George Gissing
... graces must be tried in the fire, that that rust that cleaveth to them may be taken away, and themselves proved, both before angels and devils, to be far better than of gold that perisheth; it may be also, that thy graces are to receive special ...
— The Works of John Bunyan • John Bunyan


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