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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

... not the worthless dust, For which vain, anxious mortals toil, To treasure up where moth and rust, Doth soon corrupt ...

— Scientific American magazine Vol 2. No. 3 Oct 10 1846 • Various

... sky Above lone orchards where the cider press Drips and the russets mellow. Nature grows liberal: from the beechen leaves The beech-nuts' burrs their little purses thrust, Plump with the copper of the nuts that rust; Above the grass the spendthrift spider weaves A web of silver for which dawn designs Thrice twenty rows of pearls: beneath the oak, That rolls old roots in many gnarly lines,— The polished acorns, from their saucers broke, Strew oval ...

— Poems • Madison Cawein

... inside of the barrel every suspicion of dust and dirt. Each of the winding rifles was made clean and free along its whole course. Then the tow swab was lightly touched with sweet, unsalted goose-fat, that it might spread a rust-preventing film over the interior surface. She burnished the silver and brass ornaments, and rubbed the polished stock until it shone. When not a suspicion of soil or dirt remained any where, the delicate double triggers were examined and set so that they would yield at the stroke ...

— The Red Acorn • John McElroy

... cutting and rolling up the barbed wire. In that territory the Germans had left trenches foul with fever, wells filled with the corpses of men and horses, springs polluted with every form of filth, but worst of all, the barbed wire entanglements. Every sharp point was covered with rust and threatened lockjaw. Looking in every direction, the whole land was yellow with the barbed wire. The work was dangerous. The rebound of the wire threatened the eye with its vision, threatened the face and the hand, and all the soldiers were in a mood of rebellion. ...

— The Blot on the Kaiser's 'Scutcheon • Newell Dwight Hillis

... dwellings are in ruins made sublime. Impartial Monitor, no dream of fear, No dread of treason for a royal crime, Deters thee from thy purpose: everywhere Thy power is shown: thou art arch-emperor here: Thou soil'st the very crowns with stains and rust; On royal robes thy havoc doth appear; The little moth, to thy proud summons just, Dares scarlet pomp to scorn, and eats ...

— Life and Remains of John Clare - "The Northamptonshire Peasant Poet" • J. L. Cherry

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