rusting
/R AH1 S T IH0 NG/verb
- 1
To oxidize, especially of iron or steel.
“The patio furniture had rusted in the wind-driven spray.”
- 2
To cause to oxidize.
“The wind-driven spray had thoroughly rusted the patio furniture.”
- 3
To be affected with the parasitic fungus called rust.
- 4
To (cause to) degenerate in idleness; to make or become dull or impaired by inaction.
noun
- 1
The development of rust on a surface.
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