rust
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: simple
Topics: hobbies
lifestyle
philately
Etymology: From Middle English rust, rost, roust, from Old English rust, rūst (“rust”), from Proto-West Germanic *rust, from Proto-Germanic *rustaz (“rust”), from Proto-Indo-European *rudʰso- (“red”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rewdʰ- (“red”).
Cognate with Scots roust (“rust”), Saterland Frisian rust (“rust”), West Frisian roast (“rust”), Dutch roest (“rust”), German Rost (“rust”), Danish rust (“rust”), Swedish rost (“rust”), Norwegian rust, ryst (“rust”), Finnish ruoste, Estonian rooste. Related to red.
Inflected forms:
form: rusts
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: rusts
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: rusting
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: rusted
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: rusted
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: The deteriorated state of iron or steel as a result of moisture and oxidation; it consists mostly of iron(III) oxide (ferric oxide) and iron(II) oxide (ferrous oxide).
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: The rust on my bicycle chain made cycling to work very dangerous.
gloss: A similar substance based on another metal.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: copper rust
gloss: A reddish-brown color.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: A disease of plants caused by a reddish-brown fungus (Pucciniales).
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: Damage caused to stamps and album pages by a fungal infection.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: To oxidize, especially of iron or steel.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: The patio furniture had rusted in the wind-driven spray.
Your gold and silver have rusted, and their rust will be evidence against you and will eat your flesh like fire.
The relegation of locomotives to storage seemed to be on a very unsystematic basis on all three principal Irish railways: while one member of a class was rusting in a yard, another might be hard at work in revenue-earning service—[…].
gloss: To cause to oxidize.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: The wind-driven spray had thoroughly rusted the patio furniture.
gloss: To be affected with the parasitic fungus called rust.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: I am sorry to say that, contrary to the majority, I have to report that the forage rusted rather badly.
gloss: To (cause to) degenerate in idleness; to make or become dull or impaired by inaction.
pos: verb
tags: ambitransitive
figuratively
examples: Must I rust in Egypt? never more / Appear in arms, and be the chief of Greece?
gloss: Of a black cat or its fur, to turn rust-coloured following long periods of exposure to sunlight.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: It's very common for black cats to rust during the summer.
Synonyms: oxidise
oxidize
corrode
Related words: hematite
aeciospore
ferric oxide
ferruginous
rouille
rubiginous
verdigris
Derived words: antirust
anti-rust
black rust
carrot rust fly
cedar-apple rust
coffee leaf rust
coffee rust
derust
gooseberry rust
mayapple rust
myrtle rust
nab the rust
Rust
rust belt
rustbelt
rust-belt
Rust Belt
rust bucket
rust-bucket
rustbucket
bucket of rust
rust fly
rust-free
rustful
rust fungus
rustgill
rusticle
rust joint
rustless
rustlike
rust mite
rustproof
rusty
soybean rust
spinning rust
stem rust
unrust
wheat rust
white pine blister rust
white rust
rust through
nonrusting
rustability
rustable
rust away
rust off
rust out
unrusting
Translations:
lang: Bashkir
word: ҡыҙғылт көрән
roman: qıźğılt körən
lang: Dutch
word: roestbruin
lang: Esperanto
word: rustokoloro
lang: Finnish
word: ruosteenruskea
lang: French
word: rouille
lang: Georgian
word: ჟანგმიწა
roman: žangmic̣a
lang: German
word: Rostbraun
lang: Hungarian
word: rozsdabarna
lang: Ido
word: rusteakoloro
lang: Indonesian
word: karat
lang: Latvian
word: ruds
lang: Mongolian
word: зэвийн өнгө
roman: zeviin öngö
lang: Navajo
word: ńdiniichxííh
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: rustrød
lang: Norwegian Nynorsk
word: rustraud
lang: Portuguese
word: ferrugem
lang: Romanian
word: ruginiu
lang: Spanish
word: marrón
lang: Spanish
word: rojizo
lang: Swedish
word: rostbrun
lang: Swedish
word: rostfärgad
lang: Tamil
word: செம்பழுப்பு
roman: cempaḻuppu
lang: Volapük
word: ruilaköl
lang: Arabic
word: صَدَّأَ
roman: ṣaddaʔa
lang: Arabic
word: صَدَّا
roman: ṣadda
lang: Asturian
word: aferruñar
lang: Belarusian
word: іржаве́ць
roman: iržavjécʹ
lang: Belarusian
word: ржаве́ць
roman: ržavjécʹ
lang: Belarusian
word: заржаве́ць
roman: zaržavjécʹ
lang: Breton
word: merglañ
lang: Bulgarian
word: ръждясвам
roman: rǎždjasvam
lang: Burmese
word: သံချေးတက်
roman: samhkye:tak
lang: Catalan
word: rovellar
lang: Catalan
word: oxidar
lang: Chinese Cantonese
word: 生鏽 /生锈
roman: saang¹ sau³
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 生鏽 /生锈
roman: shēngxiù
lang: Cornish
word: gosseni
lang: Crimean Tatar
word: totlanmaq
lang: Czech
word: rezavět
lang: Dhivehi
word: ދަބަރުޖެހުނ
roman: dabarujehun
lang: Dutch
word: roesten
lang: Dutch
word: verroesten
lang: Dutch
word: oxideren
lang: Esperanto
word: rustiĝi
lang: Finnish
word: ruostua
lang: French
word: rouiller
lang: French
word: oxyder
lang: Friulian
word: inruzinî
lang: Galician
word: enferruxar
lang: Galician
word: oxidar
lang: German
word: verrosten
lang: German
word: rosten
lang: Haitian Creole
word: wouye
lang: Hungarian
word: rozsdásodik
lang: Hungarian
word: berozsdál
lang: Icelandic
word: ryðga
lang: Ido
word: rustigar
lang: Ido
word: rustifar
lang: Ido
word: rusteskar
lang: Italian
word: ossidare
lang: Japanese
word: 錆びる
roman: sabiru
lang: Khmer
word: ច្រែះចាប់
roman: creh cap
lang: Khmer
word: ដុះច្រែះ
roman: doh creh
lang: Central Kurdish
word: ژەنگ ھەڵھێنان
roman: jeng hellhênan
lang: Latin
word: robigino
lang: Latin
word: aerūginō
lang: Latvian
word: rūsēt
lang: Luxembourgish
word: raschten
lang: Macedonian
word: ’рѓосува
roman: ’rǵosuva
lang: Malayalam
word: തുരുമ്പിക്കുക
roman: turumpikkuka
lang: Middle English
word: rusten
lang: Mongolian
word: зэврэх
roman: zevrex
lang: Mongolian
word: зэвтэх
roman: zevtex
lang: Nepali
word: खिया लाग्नु
roman: khiyā lāgnu
lang: Nepali
word: खिइनु
roman: khiinu
lang: Norwegian
word: ruste
lang: Occitan
word: rovilhar
lang: Polish
word: rdzewieć
lang: Polish
word: zardzewieć
lang: Portuguese
word: enferrujar
lang: Portuguese
word: oxidar
lang: Romanian
word: rugini
lang: Romanian
word: oxida
lang: Russian
word: ржаве́ть
roman: ržavétʹ
lang: Russian
word: заржа́ве́ть
roman: zaržávétʹ
lang: Slovak
word: hrdzavieť
lang: Spanish
word: aherrumbrarse
lang: Spanish
word: oxidarse
lang: Swedish
word: rosta
lang: Tamil
word: துரு பிடி
roman: turu piṭi
lang: Turkish
word: paslanmak
lang: Ottoman Turkish
word: پاسلانمق
roman: paslanmak
lang: Ukrainian
word: іржа́віти
roman: iržávity
lang: Ukrainian
word: ржаві́ти
roman: ržavíty
lang: Ukrainian
word: заіржа́віти
roman: zairžávity
lang: Ukrainian
word: заржаві́ти
roman: zaržavíty
lang: Vietnamese
word: rỉ
lang: Welsh
word: rhydu