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Definition of rust verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

rust

verb
 
/rʌst/
 
/rʌst/
[intransitive, transitive]
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they rust
 
/rʌst/
 
/rʌst/
he / she / it rusts
 
/rʌsts/
 
/rʌsts/
past simple rusted
 
/ˈrʌstɪd/
 
/ˈrʌstɪd/
past participle rusted
 
/ˈrʌstɪd/
 
/ˈrʌstɪd/
-ing form rusting
 
/ˈrʌstɪŋ/
 
/ˈrʌstɪŋ/
Phrasal Verbs
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  1. if metal rusts or something rusts it, it becomes covered with rust synonym corrode
    • old rusting farming implements
    • Brass doesn't rust.
    • The floor of the car had rusted through.
    • rust something Water had got in and rusted the engine.
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb
    • badly
    • away
    • through
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    Word OriginOld English rūst, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch roest, German Rost, also to red.
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