Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - rust
Rust
rust
n. & v. --n. 1 a a reddish or yellowish-brown coating formed on iron or steel by oxidation, esp. as a result of moisture. b a similar coating on other metals. 2 a any of various plant-diseases with rust-coloured spots caused by fungi of the order Uredinales. b the fungus causing this. 3 an impaired state due to disuse or inactivity. --v. 1 tr. & intr. affect or be affected with rust; undergo oxidation. 2 intr. (of bracken etc.) become rust-coloured. 3 intr. (of a plant) be attacked by rust. 4 intr. lose quality or efficiency by disuse or inactivity. Derivatives rustless adj. Etymology: OE rust f. Gmc
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I. noun see: red Date: before 12th century 1. the reddish brittle coating formed on iron especially when chemically attacked by moist air and composed essentially of hydrated ferric oxide, a comparable coating produced on a metal other than iron by corrosion, something resembling ~ ; accretion, corrosive or injurious influence or effect, any of numerous destructive diseases of plants produced by fungi (order Uredinales) and characterized by usually reddish-brown pustular lesions, a strong reddish brown, II. verb Date: 13th century intransitive verb to form ~ ; become oxidized , to degenerate especially from inaction, lack of use, or passage of time , to become reddish brown as if with ~ , to be affected with a ~ fungus, transitive verb to cause (a metal) to form ~ , to impair or corrode by or as if by time, inactivity, or deleterious use, to cause to become reddish brown ; turn the color of ~ ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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