Synonyms for rusted
Grammar : Verb |
Spell : ruhst |
Phonetic Transcription : rÊŒst |
Définition 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
- 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
Antonyms for rusted
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