Meaning

7 senses
  1. Marked or corroded by rust.

    of the brown color of rust

  2. Of the rust color, reddish or reddish-brown.

    covered with or consisting of rust

  3. Lacking recent experience, out of practice, especially with respect to a skill or activity.

    eingerostet

  4. (historical)Of clothing, especially dark clothing: worn, shabby.

  5. Affected with the fungal plant disease called rust.

    rostig, verrostet

    ржа́выйržávyj

    іржа́вийiržávyj

  6. Discolored and rancid; reasty.

    rusty bacon

  7. (UK, dialectal)Cantankerous

Examples

83 sentences
  1. My math is a little rusty.

    ruЯ немного подзабыл математику.

    deMeine Mathematikkenntnisse sind ein wenig eingerostet.

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  2. My French is a little rusty.

    Я трохи підзабув французьку.

    ruМой французский немного запущен.

    deMein Französisch ist ein wenig eingerostet.

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  3. I may be a little rusty.

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  4. Tom was holding a rusty knife.

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  5. Tom cut his hand with a rusty knife.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
affected by rust:
Русский
By meaning 1
affected by rust:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
lacking recent experience, out of practice:
affected by rust:

Origin

From Middle English rusty, from Old English rūstiġ (“rusty”), from Proto-Germanic *rustaga

From Middle English rusty, from Old English rūstiġ (“rusty”), from Proto-Germanic *rustagaz (“rusty”), equivalent to rust + -y. Cognate with Saterland Frisian rusterch (“rusty”), West Frisian rustich, roastich (“rusty”), Dutch roestig (“rusty”), German Low German rusterig, rüsterig (“rusty”), German rostig (“rusty”), Swedish rostig (“rusty”).

Variant form of resty; compare also reasty.

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Forms

rustier/more rusty, rustiest/most rusty
Comparativerustier / more rusty Lesson
Superlativerustiest / most rusty Lesson

regular

Synonyms

6 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

20 related words

See also

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