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Antonyms for rusted

Grammar : Verb
Spell : ruhst
Phonetic Transcription : rÊŒst

Definition of rusted

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.
  • verb corrode
Example sentences :
  • What are these bits of stone, and of wood, and rusted nails, which are set out in front of him?
  • Extract from : « The White Company » by Arthur Conan Doyle
  • The rusted tools were found which the men had thrown down so long ago.
  • Extract from : « Buried Cities: Pompeii, Olympia, Mycenae » by Jennie Hall
  • There were the four blackened walls, and a rusted iron ring in one of them.
  • Extract from : « A Tale of Two Cities » by Charles Dickens
  • He misses his, now that it's rusted so fast that it won't go.
  • Extract from : « Shavings » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • Why should the very pin that held it to the page be rusted as if it had been there for years?
  • Extract from : « Aunt Rachel » by David Christie Murray
  • The very pin that held it to the paper was rusted half through.
  • Extract from : « Aunt Rachel » by David Christie Murray
  • They were rusted by the weather but otherwise in good condition.
  • Extract from : « The Boy Scout Treasure Hunters » by Charles Henry Lerrigo
  • The jeeps and tractors and bulldozers were scored and rusted.
  • Extract from : « Image of the Gods » by Alan Edward Nourse
  • It had not been opened for months, and was now rusted tight.
  • Extract from : « The Best Short Stories of 1917 » by Various
  • It is the common talk that your catenæ are rusted for want of use.
  • Extract from : « The Last of the Legions and Other Tales of Long Ago » by Arthur Conan Doyle

Synonyms for rusted

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