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Definition of rust verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

 

rust

 verb
verb
NAmE//rʌst//
 
[intransitive, transitive]Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they rust
 
 he / she / it rusts
 
 past simple rusted
 
-ing form rusting
 
 
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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.
rust‧ed
 
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adjective rusted iron see rusty Phrasal Verbsrust awaySee rust in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary
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