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Meanings of rust (rusts) in English

Russian
ржавчина
Portuguese
enferrujado
Catalan
rovell
Spanish
herrumbre
Wikidata

Type of iron oxide.

        ржавчина
        Portuguese
        corroer
        Catalan
        desgastar

        To cause to deteriorate due to the action of water, air, or an acid.

              corroer
              Russian
              ржавый цвет
              Portuguese
              ferrugem
              Spanish
              robin

              Red-orange-brown color resembling iron oxide.

                    Related terms
                    ржавый цвет
                    Portuguese
                    ferrugem
                    Catalan
                    rovellament

                    The formation of reddish-brown ferric oxides on iron by low-temperature oxidation in the presence of water.

                          ferrugem
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                          Examples for "rusting"
                          Examples for "rusting"
                          1
                          He had also used most of a large box of rusting nails.
                          Neverwhere
                          2
                          He found that the blade was rusting and he changed the blade.
                          Memoirs of the Life and Correspondence of Henry Reeve, C.B., D.C...
                          3
                          China's rusting, labor intensive coastal factories may be fighting a losing battle.
                          Reuters
                          4
                          The rusting hull I had found that first day on the island!
                          Kensuke’s Kingdom
                          5
                          Like every other great power, it is rusting for want of use.
                          A Maker of History
                          Usage of rusts in English
                          1
                          They were embroidered with autumn leaves in rusts and shades of gold.
                          Micah & Strange Candy
                          2
                          And if the saw rusts up over the winter from getting wet?
                          The story of edgar sawtelle
                          3
                          Damp rusts men as it rusts rifles; more slowly, but deeper.
                          Under Fire: The Story of a Squad
                          4
                          If you lose the protection, your car rusts and ages prematurely.
                          The south beach diet supercharged: faster weight loss and better...
                          5
                          He is a calendar of ten years, and marriage rusts him.
                          Character Writings of the Seventeenth Century
                          6
                          Her head snaps back, her hair rusts in the moonlight, her eyes focus.
                          The Great Book of Amber
                          7
                          His lance rusts upon the wall and his steed stands silent in the stall.
                          Eugene Field, a Study in Heredity and Contradictions — Volume 2
                          8
                          In testing, it conforms to blister rusts we've seen before.
                          The windup girl
                          9
                          A burned-out car rusts in memory of the bad times.
                          The Guardian
                          10
                          Abundant wire rusts away by its twisted stakes of steel.
                          Unhappy Far-Off Things
                          11
                          Iron rusts and becomes consumed, so that nothing can be constructed of this metal.
                          The Story of the Philippines / Natural Riches, Industrial Resour...
                          12
                          It eats, and undermines, and rots, and rusts, and destroys.
                          Laicus; Or, the Experiences of a Layman in a Country Parish.
                          13
                          Yes, humour is a moisture which rusts everything except gold.
                          The Altar Steps
                          14
                          The main reason is that rusts-ironoxides-havethe unusual property of being soft and powdery.
                          Climbing Magazine
                          15
                          If it rusts, the body reverts to inhuman instincts.
                          At a Winter's Fire
                          16
                          Unlike silver, bronze, copper, or any of the metals, only gold neither tarnishes nor rusts.
                          Quest for honour
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                          Translations for rusts
                          Rusts through the time