Rust
noun
A reddish-brown substance that forms on iron or some other metals through a reaction with moisture and air.
The old car was covered in rust due to years of exposure to rainy weather
Often appears as...
- rust from metal
- rust on car
verb
The reaction of iron or steel with moisture and air causing a reddish-brown substance to form on the surface.
If you leave your bike out in the rain, it will rust
Often appears as...
- rust quickly
- rust over time
noun
A fungal disease in plants which results in reddish or brownish patches.
The roses are suffering from rust, which is causing the leaves to turn brown and fall off
Usage tips
Technical
verb
To degenerate, especially from lack of use.
Her writing skills have begun to rust from lack of use
Often appears as...
- rust from disuse
- skills rust
noun
A color that is a reddish-brown, the color of iron and steel when it is exposed to moisture and air for a long time.
The sunset was a beautiful rust color
Often appears as...
- rust-colored leaves
- rust colored hair
noun
A reddish-brown substance that forms on iron or some other metals through a reaction with moisture and air.
The old car was covered in rust due to years of exposure to rainy weather
Often appears as...
- rust from metal
- rust on car
verb
The reaction of iron or steel with moisture and air causing a reddish-brown substance to form on the surface.
If you leave your bike out in the rain, it will rust
Often appears as...
- rust quickly
- rust over time
noun
A fungal disease in plants which results in reddish or brownish patches.
The roses are suffering from rust, which is causing the leaves to turn brown and fall off
Usage tips
Technical
verb
To degenerate, especially from lack of use.
Her writing skills have begun to rust from lack of use
Often appears as...
- rust from disuse
- skills rust
noun
A color that is a reddish-brown, the color of iron and steel when it is exposed to moisture and air for a long time.
The sunset was a beautiful rust color
Often appears as...
- rust-colored leaves
- rust colored hair
Definition 1 of 5
Pro Tip 1/2Material Specific
Use 'rust' for metals reacting with moisture, mainly iron and steel.
The garden tools have started to rust after the rainy season.
Pro Tip 2/2Visible Damage
'Rust' implies visible deterioration, often seen as an undesirable, damaging process.
Check for any rust before buying the second-hand bike.
Pro Tip 1/2Material Specific
Use 'rust' for metals reacting with moisture, mainly iron and steel.
The garden tools have started to rust after the rainy season.
Pro Tip 2/2Visible Damage
'Rust' implies visible deterioration, often seen as an undesirable, damaging process.
Check for any rust before buying the second-hand bike.
Pro Tip 1/2Material Specific
Use 'rust' for metals reacting with moisture, mainly iron and steel.
The garden tools have started to rust after the rainy season.
Pro Tip 2/2Visible Damage
'Rust' implies visible deterioration, often seen as an undesirable, damaging process.
Check for any rust before buying the second-hand bike.
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Lipstick PIPE Ingredients...
own from scratch using natural ingredients starting with rust as my homemade lipstick colorant and I'm going to use mica for some glitter and shine now mica comes from granite and other rocks and this stuff is the best glitter bomb material I have ever seen it gets everywhere and never comes out so use that information wisely as for my waxes
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The science of friction...
Friction is the force that opposes motion. Wear is the loss or transfer of material. It's the reason you have to replace your favorite shoes, because eventually the soles disappear. Lubricants are used to reduce friction and wear. They loosen up those stubborn rusted bolts that just otherwise will not budge.
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Jonathan Harris: The web...
and I've been keeping them for about the last eight or nine years. They accompany me wherever I go in my life, and I fill them with all sorts of things, records of my lived so watercolor paintings, drawings of what I see, dead flowers, dead insects, pasted ticket stubs, rusting coins,
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Safari Live - Day 329 PIPE...
Tuesday and I was chatting to him and he actually test drive one recently and he was telling me that he reckons it's got more power than rusty which I don't believe rust is the most powerful car in the whole world just taking him now he
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Mars 101 PIPE National...
protective magnetic field during Mars's earlier years enveloping the core is a rocky mantle made of silicate minerals and a crust rich in iron these iron minerals react with the trace amounts of oxygen and Mars's atmosphere and rusts
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How to disrupt...
the dominant narrative is not easy often there's a rust to tamp down the new story or to discredit it why because it's at odds with the story we all have an investment and believing one of the most powerful narratives we have in our
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Could we actually live...
They play a large part in making the planet red by distributing rusted iron particles across the surface and into the air. Thanks to the low gravity and lack of moisture, these dust storms can last for months and cover the planet.
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A brief tour of the last...
The Earth was infected with life. Some of these new bacteria learned how to eat sunshine, producing oxygen, pulling in carbon from the air and destroying the iron food of other microbes by turning it into rust.
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Aftermath: Cities...
the elements rust spreads unchecked the concrete skeleton of this office time once protected from the elements is now getting soaked by rain cracks radiates
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Orange Seals on British...
these colors are the result of the mud on which they haul out its Lunden clay naturally rich in iron oxide rust basically
Video examples
Lipstick PIPE Ingredients...
own from scratch using natural ingredients starting with rust as my homemade lipstick colorant and I'm going to use mica for some glitter and shine now mica comes from granite and other rocks and this stuff is the best glitter bomb material I have ever seen it gets everywhere and never comes out so use that information wisely as for my waxes
Video examples
The science of friction...
Friction is the force that opposes motion. Wear is the loss or transfer of material. It's the reason you have to replace your favorite shoes, because eventually the soles disappear. Lubricants are used to reduce friction and wear. They loosen up those stubborn rusted bolts that just otherwise will not budge.
Video examples
Jonathan Harris: The web...
and I've been keeping them for about the last eight or nine years. They accompany me wherever I go in my life, and I fill them with all sorts of things, records of my lived so watercolor paintings, drawings of what I see, dead flowers, dead insects, pasted ticket stubs, rusting coins,
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 329 PIPE...
Tuesday and I was chatting to him and he actually test drive one recently and he was telling me that he reckons it's got more power than rusty which I don't believe rust is the most powerful car in the whole world just taking him now he
Video examples
Mars 101 PIPE National...
protective magnetic field during Mars's earlier years enveloping the core is a rocky mantle made of silicate minerals and a crust rich in iron these iron minerals react with the trace amounts of oxygen and Mars's atmosphere and rusts
Video examples
How to disrupt...
the dominant narrative is not easy often there's a rust to tamp down the new story or to discredit it why because it's at odds with the story we all have an investment and believing one of the most powerful narratives we have in our
Video examples
Could we actually live...
They play a large part in making the planet red by distributing rusted iron particles across the surface and into the air. Thanks to the low gravity and lack of moisture, these dust storms can last for months and cover the planet.
Video examples
A brief tour of the last...
The Earth was infected with life. Some of these new bacteria learned how to eat sunshine, producing oxygen, pulling in carbon from the air and destroying the iron food of other microbes by turning it into rust.
Video examples
Aftermath: Cities...
the elements rust spreads unchecked the concrete skeleton of this office time once protected from the elements is now getting soaked by rain cracks radiates
Video examples
Orange Seals on British...
these colors are the result of the mud on which they haul out its Lunden clay naturally rich in iron oxide rust basically
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Quote examples
Forrest Griffin
American Athlete
Anytime you think about ring rust and travel and camps back-to-back, it helps not having any bad injuries and being able to train consistently.
Quote examples
Jeanne Calment
French Celebrity
I have legs of iron, but to tell you the truth, they're starting to rust and buckle a bit.
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Colonel Sanders
American Celebrity
I don't fear that a man will wear out as quickly as he will rust out.
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W. C. Fields
American Comedian
I never drink water; that is the stuff that rusts pipes.
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Ezra Cornell
American Businessman
Idleness is to the human mind like rust to iron.
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Fritz Hollings
American Politician
I don't want to rust out, I'd rather wear out.
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William Hazlitt
English Critic
Genius, like humanity, rusts for want of use.
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Jane Howard
American Journalist
New links must be forged as old ones rust.
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Gavin Newsom
American Politician
I'll be kicked out before I rust out.
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Helen Hayes
American Actress
If you rest, you rust.
Quote examples
Forrest Griffin
American Athlete
Anytime you think about ring rust and travel and camps back-to-back, it helps not having any bad injuries and being able to train consistently.
Quote examples
Jeanne Calment
French Celebrity
I have legs of iron, but to tell you the truth, they're starting to rust and buckle a bit.
Quote examples
Colonel Sanders
American Celebrity
I don't fear that a man will wear out as quickly as he will rust out.
Quote examples
W. C. Fields
American Comedian
I never drink water; that is the stuff that rusts pipes.
Quote examples
Ezra Cornell
American Businessman
Idleness is to the human mind like rust to iron.
Quote examples
Fritz Hollings
American Politician
I don't want to rust out, I'd rather wear out.
Quote examples
William Hazlitt
English Critic
Genius, like humanity, rusts for want of use.
Quote examples
Jane Howard
American Journalist
New links must be forged as old ones rust.
Quote examples
Gavin Newsom
American Politician
I'll be kicked out before I rust out.
Quote examples
Helen Hayes
American Actress
If you rest, you rust.
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