Word Meaning

Meaning of "rusts" and the crossword clue

- Coating on metal
- Corrode
- Corrode trust when first team leaves
- Corrosion
- Orange coating
- Oxidation on metal
- The States caught up in arty corrosion
- Corrodes
- Oxidises
- 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.
- 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.
- That which resembles rust in appearance or effects.
- A composition used in making a rust joint. See Rust joint, below.
- Foul matter arising from degeneration; as, rust on salted meat.
- Corrosive or injurious accretion or influence.
- To contract rust; to be or become oxidized.
- To be affected with the parasitic fungus called rust; also, to acquire a rusty appearance, as plants.
- To degenerate in idleness; to become dull or impaired by inaction.
- To cause to contract rust; to corrode with rust; to affect with rust of any kind.
- To impair by time and inactivity.