Rust
[rʌst]
Definition
(noun.) any of various fungi causing rust disease in plants.
(noun.) the formation of reddish-brown ferric oxides on iron by low-temperature oxidation in the presence of water.
(noun.) a plant disease that produces a reddish-brown discoloration of leaves and stems; caused by various rust fungi.
(noun.) a red or brown oxide coating on iron or steel caused by the action of oxygen and moisture.
(verb.) become coated with oxide.
(adj.) of the brown color of rust .
Typist: Nelda--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) 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.
(n.) 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.
(n.) That which resembles rust in appearance or effects.
(n.) A composition used in making a rust joint. See Rust joint, below.
(n.) Foul matter arising from degeneration; as, rust on salted meat.
(n.) Corrosive or injurious accretion or influence.
(v. i.) To contract rust; to be or become oxidized.
(v. i.) To be affected with the parasitic fungus called rust; also, to acquire a rusty appearance, as plants.
(v. i.) To degenerate in idleness; to become dull or impaired by inaction.
(v. t.) To cause to contract rust; to corrode with rust; to affect with rust of any kind.
(v. t.) To impair by time and inactivity.
Typist: Miguel
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Hydrated peroxide of iron.[2]. Mildew, blight, must, mustiness, mould, smut.
v. n. [1]. Gather rust, become rusty, be oxidized.[2]. Decay, degenerate, grow dull, become sluggish.
Typed by Floyd
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Corrosion, crust, dross, indolence, inactivity, decay, canker, inaction
ANT:Polish, attrition, use, action, operation, activity, exercise, industry
Typist: Marcus
Definition
n. the reddish-brown coating on iron exposed to moisture: anything resembling rust: a disease of cereals and grasses with brown spots on the leaves caused by fungi: a corrosive: an injurious habit: any foul matter.—v.i. to become rusty: to become dull by inaction.—v.t. to make rusty: to impair by time and inactivity.—adjs. Rust′-col′oured; Rust′ful.—adv. Rust′ily.—ns. Rust′iness; Rust′-mite certain mites of the family of gall-mites.—adjs. Rust′-proof not liable to rust; Rust′y covered with rust: impaired by inactivity out of practice: dull: affected with rust-disease: time-worn: of a rusty black: rough: obstinate: discoloured.—ns. Rust′y-back a fern; Rust′y-black′bird the grackle; Black′-rust a fungus with dark-coloured spores.—Ride or Turn rusty to become obstinate or stubborn in opposition.
Editor: Maynard
Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream of rust on articles, old pieces of tin, or iron, is significant of depression of your surroundings. Sickness, decline in fortune and false friends are filling your sphere.
Edited by Elvis
Unserious Contents or Definition
Physical dullness.
Typed by Bert
Examples
- What they done, is laid up wheer neither moth or rust doth corrupt, and wheer thieves do not break through nor steal. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- This was superseded by the Washington press invented by Samuel Rust in 1829. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Then rub it off, Polly; rub the rust and the strangeness off. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- He don't get no iron rust here! Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- This high polish is important, for it resists rust and prevents leading. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The tendency of iron to rust lessens its efficiency and value, and many devices have been introduced to prevent rusting. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- By another modification of the hydraulic press pipes and cables are covered with a coating of lead to prevent deterioration from rust and other causes. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- It was said to be untarnishable and unstainable even when used with the strongest acid foods, as well as non-rusting. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- They are generally galvanized to prevent them from rusting. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The tendency of iron to rust lessens its efficiency and value, and many devices have been introduced to prevent rusting. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- The decaying of wood and the rusting of metal are due to the action of air and moisture. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- Take them out, wash them clean, dry quickly and thoroughly, and rub them with sweet oil to prevent rusting. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- The staple to which my chains were fixed, was more rusted than I or the villain Abbot had supposed. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- The action of the water had so rusted the chain, that it was impossible for me to unfasten it from the hasp which attached it to the case. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- It was a linen bag which contained within it a mass of old rusted and discolored metal and several dull-colored pieces of pebble or glass. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- But it rusted and cankered at your father's heart for years. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- In this space lay a large and heavy flagstone with a rusted iron ring in the centre to which a thick shepherd's-check muffler was attached. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- There were the four blackened walls, and a rusted iron ring in one of them. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- It rankles in you, rusts in you, and pisons you. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Iron, for example, burns when it rusts, because it slowly combines with the oxygen of the air and is transformed into new substances. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
Editor: Stephen