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Antonyms for rust

Grammar : Noun, verb
Spell : ruhst
Phonetic Transcription : rʌst

Definition of rust

Origin :
  • "red oxide of iron," Old English rust "rust; moral canker," related to rudu "redness," from Proto-Germanic *rusta- (cf. Frisian rust, Old High German and German rost, Middle Dutch ro(e)st), from PIE *reudh-s-to- (cf. Lithuanian rustas "brownish," rudeti "to rust;" Latin robigo, Old Church Slavonic ruzda "rust"), from root *reudh- "red" (see red (adj.1)).
  • As a plant disease, attested from mid-14c. Rust Belt "decayed urban industrial areas of mid-central U.S." (1984) was popularized, if not coined, by Walter Mondale's presidential campaign.
  • noun corrosion
  • verb corrode
Example sentences :
  • Repeatedly he requested the Admiralty that they would not leave him to rust in indolence.
  • Extract from : « The Life of Horatio Lord Nelson » by Robert Southey
  • His oft quoted maxim was, "It is better to wear out than to rust out."
  • Extract from : « Cleveland Past and Present » by Maurice Joblin
  • “It is better to wear out than rust out,” said Bishop Cumberland.
  • Extract from : « Self-Help » by Samuel Smiles
  • It was with rust almost as dark a brown as the scabbard that infolded it.
  • Extract from : « Wilfrid Cumbermede » by George MacDonald
  • I want to get the rust off, and breathe the air of Paris a bit.'
  • Extract from : « His Masterpiece » by Emile Zola
  • Rubiginosa means full of rust, so called from the color of the plant.
  • Extract from : « The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise » by M. E. Hard
  • There is mingled with it a fine and small portion of earth which comes out in the form of rust.
  • Extract from : « Timaeus » by Plato
  • The rest of the keys were worn red with thick encrustation of rust.
  • Extract from : « The Shadow of a Crime » by Hall Caine
  • Nor was he likely, on account of it, to allow himself to run to rust in the security of Tortuga.
  • Extract from : « Captain Blood » by Rafael Sabatini
  • If you stir iron and sand together, the iron will rust as if alone.
  • Extract from : « Common Science » by Carleton W. Washburne

Synonyms for rust

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