Words Like RUST

We have put together a list of words that are similar to RUST.

8 Alternative Words Similar to rust

1 Rusty Adjective      Synonym Words Like Rusty
2 Chromatic Adjective      Similar Words Like Chromatic
3 Eat Verb      Synonym Words Like Eat
4 Crumble Verb      Synonym Words Like Crumble
5 Damage Verb      Synonym Words Like Damage
6 Decay Verb      Synonym Words Like Decay
7 Delapidate Verb      Synonym Words Like Delapidate
8 Dilapidate Verb      Hypernym Words Like Dilapidate

3 examples of rust

1 rust on salted meat
2 The pipes rusted
3 The steady dripping of water rusted the metal stopper in the sink

10 definitions of rust

1 The reddish yellow coating formed on iron when exposed to moist air, consisting of ferric oxide or hydroxide; hence, by extension, any metallic film of corrosion.
2 A minute mold or fungus forming reddish or rusty spots on the leaves and stems of cereal and other grasses (Trichobasis Rubigo-vera), now usually believed to be a form or condition of the corn mildew (Puccinia graminis). As rust, it has solitary reddish spores; as corn mildew, the spores are double and blackish.
3 That which resembles rust in appearance or effects.
4 Foul matter arising from degeneration.
5 Corrosive or injurious accretion or influence.
6 To contract rust; to be or become oxidized.
7 To be affected with the parasitic fungus called rust; also, to acquire a rusty appearance, as plants.
8 To degenerate in idleness; to become dull or impaired by inaction.
9 To cause to contract rust; to corrode with rust; to affect with rust of any kind.
10 To impair by time and inactivity.
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