RUST
\ɹˈʌst], \ɹˈʌst], \ɹ_ˈʌ_s_t]\
Definitions of RUST
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1920 - A dictionary of scientific terms.
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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the formation of reddish-brown ferric oxides on iron by low-temperature oxidation in the presence of water
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a reddish-brown discoloration of leaves and stems caused by a rust fungus
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a red or brown oxide coating on iron or steel caused by the action of oxygen and moisture
By Princeton University
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the formation of reddish-brown ferric oxides on iron by low-temperature oxidation in the presence of water
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a reddish-brown discoloration of leaves and stems caused by a rust fungus
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a red or brown oxide coating on iron or steel caused by the action of oxygen and moisture
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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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.
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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.
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That which resembles rust in appearance or effects.
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A composition used in making a rust joint. See Rust joint, below.
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Foul matter arising from degeneration; as, rust on salted meat.
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Corrosive or injurious accretion or influence.
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To contract rust; to be or become oxidized.
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To be affected with the parasitic fungus called rust; also, to acquire a rusty appearance, as plants.
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To degenerate in idleness; to become dull or impaired by inaction.
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To cause to contract rust; to corrode with rust; to affect with rust of any kind.
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To impair by time and inactivity.
By Oddity Software
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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.
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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.
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That which resembles rust in appearance or effects.
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Foul matter arising from degeneration; as, rust on salted meat.
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Corrosive or injurious accretion or influence.
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To contract rust; to be or become oxidized.
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To be affected with the parasitic fungus called rust; also, to acquire a rusty appearance, as plants.
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To degenerate in idleness; to become dull or impaired by inaction.
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To cause to contract rust; to corrode with rust; to affect with rust of any kind.
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To impair by time and inactivity.
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A composition used in making a rust joint. See joint, below.
By Noah Webster.
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The reddish matter formed by oxidation on iron and steel; a similar formation occurring on other metals; mildew on wheat, corn, etc.
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To form rust.
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To cause to contract rust.
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Rusty.
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Rustily.
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Rustiness.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Rustily.
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Rustiness.
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The reddish-brown coating on iron exposed to moisture: anything resembling rust: a disease of cereals and grasses, showing itself in brown or orange spots on the leaves, caused by small fungi.
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To become rusty: to become dull by inaction.
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To make rusty: to impair by time and inactivity.
By Daniel Lyons
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Rustiness.
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To affect, or become affected with rust.
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To impair by inaction.
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A reddish coating, as that caused on iron by oxidation.
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Any of the destructive fungi that grow on wheat, oats, barley, etc., or the diseased condition so caused.
By James Champlin Fernald
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Coating formed on metals exposed to air and moisture; anything like rust.
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To make, or become, rusty.
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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A destructive parasite whose mycelium lives in the intercellular spaces of higher plants, as wheat rust.
By Henderson, I. F.; Henderson, W. D.
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Iron oxid or hydroxid, appearing as a brownish red deposit formed on metallic iron by exposure to moisture.
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A fungous disease affecting plants in which rustlike spots appear upon them.
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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n. [Anglo-Saxon] An oxide of iron which forms a rough reddish coat on the surface of that metal; hence, sometimes, any metallic oxide:—any foul matter concreted externally; mildew;— loss of power; inactivity; dulness through inaction;— a dust-like parasitic fungus which forms on the leaves and stalks of grain.
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