rusted
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- adjective
- /ˈrʌstɪd/
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oxidado
- Those screws that are just stuck or rusted, the impact usually gets it out.
Literally it smelled like rusted metal, bro.
- Literally it smelled like rusted metal, bro.
- It takes the same toll on the breath, the pulse, as the rusted shackles displayed in another damned museum.
- It's a complex web of chains, Some of them, of course, decorated with diamonds, some are ugly, some are rusted chains.
Examples
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When I hooked there I would find an acorn and a rusted bolt.
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And when you found them, they were rusted solid and they were open to a distance of five inches.
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It was old and rusted.
Fiction book (1993) -
Gripping a rusted, sharp knife.
Fiction book (1990) -
Many of them are rusted, but upon first glance I noticed that they are not tacks.
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This piece was alluding to the fragile world we live in, this delicate rusted metal sewn between this mesh of delicate wire.
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The old bicycle was left outside for years and became completely rusted.
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He discovered a rusted metal pipe buried in the backyard.
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The rusted hinges on the door made it difficult to open.
Synonyms
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Covered with a red-brown layer that forms on old metal
Covered in red-brown flakes on old metal
Damaged by chemicals or rust so metal slowly wears away
Antonyms
How Rusty
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Rusted comes from an old German word rūst, which meant 'decay' or the 'red-brown' material that forms on metal. So, when something is rusted, it is covered with that red-brown decay.