Read full poem →Rest you, charger, rust you, bridle;
Kings and kesars, keep your pay;
Dictionary Entry
The deteriorated state of iron or steel as a result of moisture and oxidation.
In a Sentence
“The rust on my bicycle chain made cycling to work very dangerous.”
Origin
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Common Phrases
. rustresistance rustbelt rustrust stemrust leaf
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Poetry examples for “rust”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →With sharpen'd sight, pale antiquaries pore,
The inscription value, but the rust adore.
This the blue varnish, that the green endears,
Read full poem →With sharpened sight pale antiquaries pore,
The inscription value, but the rust adore.
This the blue varnish, that the green endears,
Read full poem →All his gold garment had
Pale stains of dust and rust.
A riven hood was pulled across his eyes;
Read full poem →With pain, a weed in a dried-up river,
A rust-red share in an empty furrow.
Read full poem →Above, the old weathercock groans, but remembers
Creaking, to turn, in its centuried rust.
Read full poem →Set your affections _not_ on things above,
Which moth and rust corrupt, which quickliest come to end:
Or pray, if pray ye must, and pray, if pray ye can,
Read full poem →Our treasures moth and rust corrupt,
Or thieves break through and steal, or they
Read full poem →For every sound that floats
From the rust within their throats
Is a groan.
Read full poem →For every sound that floats
From the rust within their throats
Is a groan.