Synonyms of the word

rust

• n. The deteriorated state of iron or steel as a result of moisture and oxidation.
• n. A similar substance based on another metal (usually with qualification, such as "copper rust").
• n. A reddish-brown color.
• n. A disease of plants caused by a reddish-brown fungus.
• v. (intransitive) to oxidize, especially of iron or steel.
• v. (transitive) to cause to oxidize.
• v. (intransitive) To be affected with the parasitic fungus called rust.
• v. (figuratively) To degenerate in idleness; to become dull or impaired by inaction.

chromatic

• adj. Relating to or characterised by hue.
• adj. Having the capacity to separate spectral colours by refraction.
• adj. (music) Related to or using notes not belonging to the diatonic scale of the key in which a passage is…

corrode

• v. (transitive) To eat away by degrees; to wear away or diminish by gradually separating or destroying small…
• v. (transitive) To consume; to wear away; to prey upon; to impair.
• v. (intransitive) To have corrosive action; to be subject to corrosion.

corroding

• v. present participle of corrode.
• n. corrosion.

corrosion

• n. The act of corroding or the condition so produced.
• n. A substance (such as rust) so formed.
• n. (chemistry) Erosion by chemical action, especially oxidation.
• n. (by extension) The gradual destruction or undermining of something.

crumble

• v. To fall apart; to disintegrate.
• v. To render into crumbs.
• n. A dessert of British origin containing stewed fruit topped with a crumbly mixture of fat, flour, and sugar.

damage

• n. Injury or harm; the condition or measure of something not being intact.
• n. (slang) Cost or expense.
• v. (transitive) To impair the soundness, goodness, or value of; to harm or cause destruction.

decay

• n. The process or result of being gradually decomposed.
• n. A deterioration of condition.
• v. (intransitive) To deteriorate, to get worse, to lose strength or health, to decline in quality.
• v. (intransitive, of organic material) To rot, to go bad.
• v. (intransitive, transitive, physics, chemistry, of an unstable atom) To change by undergoing fission, by…
• v. (intransitive, transitive, physics, of a quantum system) To undergo optical decay, that is, to relax to…
• v. (intransitive, aviation) Loss of airspeed due to drag.
• v. (transitive) To cause to rot or deteriorate.

eat

• v. To ingest; to be ingested.
• v. To use up.
• v. (transitive, informal) To cause (someone) to worry.
• v. (transitive, business) To take the loss in a transaction.
• v. (transitive, intransitive) To corrode or erode.
• v. (transitive, informal, vulgar) To perform oral sex on someone.
• n. (colloquial) Something to be eaten; a meal; a food item.

erosion

• n. (uncountable) The result of having been worn away or eroded, as by a glacier on rock or the sea on a cliff…
• n. (uncountable) The changing of a surface by mechanical action, friction, thermal expansion contraction,…
• n. (uncountable, figuratively) The gradual loss of something as a result of an ongoing process.
• n. (uncountable) Destruction by abrasive action of fluids.
• n. (mathematics, image processing) One of two fundamental operations in morphological image processing from…
• n. (dentistry) Loss of tooth enamel due to non-bacteriogenic chemical processes.
• n. (medicine) A shallow ulceration or lesion, usually involving skin or epithelial tissue.

fungus

• n. (mycology) Any member of the kingdom Fungi; a eukaryotic organism typically having chitin cell walls but…

oxidate

• v. (dated, chemistry) To oxidize.
• n. (dated, chemistry) An oxide.

oxidation

• n. The combination of a substance with oxygen.
• n. (chemistry) A reaction in which the atoms of an element lose electrons and the oxidation state of the…

oxidisation

• n. (British spelling) Alternative spelling of oxidization.

oxidise

• v. (British spelling) Alternative spelling of oxidize.

oxidization

• n. oxidation.

oxidize

• v. (chemistry, transitive) To combine with oxygen or otherwise make an oxide.
• v. (chemistry) To increase the valence (or the positive charge) of an element by removing electrons.
• v. To coat something with an oxide.
• v. (intransitive) To become oxidized.

rusting

• v. present participle of rust.
• n. The development of rust on a surface.

rusty

• adj. Marked or corroded by rust.
• adj. Of the rust color, reddish or reddish-brown.
• adj. Lacking recent experience, out of practice, especially with respect to a skill or activity.
• adj. (now chiefly historical) Of clothing, especially dark clothing: worn, shabby.
• adj. Discolored and rancid; reasty.