rusted

rust  (rst)

n.

1. Any of various powdery or scaly reddish-brown or reddish-yellow hydrated ferric oxides formed on iron and iron-containing materials by low-temperature oxidation in the presence of water.

2. Any of various metallic coatings, especially oxides, formed by corrosion.

3. A stain or coating resembling iron rust.

4. Deterioration, as of ability, resulting from inactivity or neglect.

5. Botany

a. Rust fungus.

b. A plant disease caused by a rust fungus, characterized by reddish or brownish spots on leaves, stems, and other parts.

6. A strong brown.

v. rust·ed, rust·ing, rusts

v.intr.

1. To become corroded.

2. To deteriorate or degenerate through inactivity or neglect.

3. To become the color of rust.

4. Botany To develop a disease caused by a rust fungus.

v.tr.

1. To corrode or subject (a metal) to rust formation.

2. To impair or spoil, as by misuse or inactivity.

3. To color (something) a strong brown.

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[Middle English, from Old English rst; see reudh- in Indo-European roots.]

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rust adj.

rusta·ble adj.

Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

rusted - having accumulated rust; "rusted hinges" rustless - without rust

Translations

rusted [ˈrʌstɪd] ADJ → oxidado, aherrumbrado

rusted

adj (esp US) → rostig