Definition, Meaning, Synonyms & Anagrams | English word RUST

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Definitions of RUST

1. The deteriorated state of iron or steel as a result of moisture and oxidation.
2. A reddish-brown color.
3. A disease of plants caused by a reddish-brown fungus.
4. A similar substance based on another metal.
5. (philately) Damage caused to stamps and album pages by a fungal infection.
6. (intransitive) To oxidize, especially of iron or steel.
7. (transitive) To cause to oxidize.
8. (intransitive) To be affected with the parasitic fungus called rust.
9. (ambitransitive, figuratively) To (cause to) degenerate in idleness; to make or become dull or impaired by inaction.
10. (intransitive) Of a black cat or its fur, to turn rust-coloured following long periods of exposure to sunlight.
11. A surname.
12. (programming language) A multiparadigm programming language focused on safety, especially safe concurrency.

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Examples of Using RUST in a Sentence

• The elements, a term used to refer to natural perils such as erosion, rough terrain, rust, cold, heat, and disastrous weather.
• In many parts of the world kaolin is colored pink-orange-red by iron oxide, giving it a distinct rust hue.
• He is remembered for doing much to save Chicago from the declines that other rust belt cities, such as Cleveland, Buffalo, and Detroit, experienced during the same period.
• According to Cassius Dio, the dictatorial reign of Commodus, later followed by the Year of the Five Emperors and the Crisis of the Third Century, marked the descent "from a kingdom of gold to one of iron and rust".
• Gymnosporangium (Cedar-apple rust): the juniper is the primary (telial) host and the apple, pear or hawthorn is the secondary (aecial) host.
• Most species of rust fungi are able to infect two different plant hosts in different stages of its life cycle, and may produce up to five morphologically and cytologically distinct spore-producing structures viz.
• According to Gesell, all human-produced goods are subject to expensive storage, whereas money is not: grain loses its weight, metal products rust, housing deteriorates.
• Harmar was known as a strict disciplinarian who would punish his soldiers harshly if their uniforms were dirty or rust appeared on their weapons.
• Iron(III) oxide is often called rust, since rust shares several properties and has a similar composition; however, in chemistry, rust is considered an ill-defined material, described as hydrous ferric oxide.
• Such a thin black oxide layer provides only minimal protection against rust or corrosion, unless also treated with a water-displacing oil to reduce wetting and galvanic corrosion.
• Stakman, in his speech entitled "These Shifty Little Enemies that Destroy our Food Crops", discussed the manifestation of the plant disease rust, a parasitic fungus that feeds on phytonutrients in wheat, oats, and barley crops.

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