| rust | (adjective) of the brown color of rust | Synonyms: rust-brown, rusty |
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| (noun) A strong reddish brown color. | - |
| (noun) any of various fungi causing rust disease in plants | Synonyms: rust fungus |
| (noun) the formation of reddish-brown ferric oxides on iron by low-temperature oxidation in the presence of water | Synonyms: rusting |
| (noun) a plant disease that produces a reddish-brown discoloration of leaves and stems; caused by various rust fungi | - |
| (noun) a red or brown oxide coating on iron or steel caused by the action of oxygen and moisture | - |
| (verb) become destroyed by water, air, or a corrosive such as an acid | Synonyms: corrode |
| (verb) cause to deteriorate due to the action of water, air, or an acid | Synonyms: corrode, eat |
| (verb) become coated with oxide | - |
| rusted | (adjective) having accumulated rust | - |
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| rustic | (adjective) awkwardly simple and provincial | Synonyms: bumpkinly, hick, unsophisticated |
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| (adjective) characteristic of the fields or country | Synonyms: agrestic |
| (adjective) characteristic of rural life | Synonyms: countrified, countryfied |
| (noun) an unsophisticated country person | - |
| rusticate | (verb) lend a rustic character to | - |
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| (verb) give (stone) a rustic look | - |
| (verb) send to the country | - |
| (verb) suspend temporarily from college or university, in England | Synonyms: send down |
| (verb) live in the country and lead a rustic life | - |
| rustication | (noun) the action of retiring to and living in the country | - |
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| (noun) banishment into the country | - |
| (noun) the construction of masonry or brickwork in a rustic manner | - |
| (noun) temporary dismissal of a student from a university | - |
| (noun) the condition naturally attaching to life in the country | - |
| rusticism | (noun) a rural idiom or expression | Synonyms: ruralism |
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| rusticity | (noun) the quality of being rustic or gauche | Synonyms: gaucherie |
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| rustiness | (noun) ineptitude or awkwardness as a consequence of age or lack of practice | - |
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| (noun) the condition of being coated or clogged with rust | - |
| rusting | (noun) the formation of reddish-brown ferric oxides on iron by low-temperature oxidation in the presence of water | Synonyms: rust |
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| rustle | (noun) a light noise, like the noise of silk clothing or leaves blowing in the wind | Synonyms: rustling, whisper, whispering |
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| (verb) make a dry crackling sound | - |
| (verb) take illegally | Synonyms: lift |
| (verb) forage food | - |
| rustler | (noun) someone who steals livestock (especially cattle) | Synonyms: cattle thief |
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| rustless | (adjective) without rust | - |
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| rustling | (adjective) characterized by soft sounds | Synonyms: murmurous, soughing, susurrous |
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| (noun) the stealing of cattle | - |
| (noun) a light noise, like the noise of silk clothing or leaves blowing in the wind | Synonyms: rustle, whisper, whispering |
| rustproof | (adjective) treated against rusting | Synonyms: rustproofed |
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| rustproofed | (adjective) treated against rusting | Synonyms: rustproof |
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| rusty | (adjective) of the brown color of rust | Synonyms: rust-brown, rust |
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| (adjective) ancient | Synonyms: hoary |
| (adjective) covered with or consisting of rust | - |
| (adjective) impaired in skill by neglect | Synonyms: out of practice |