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Definition: Rusting |
RustingNoun1. The formation of reddish-brown ferric oxides on iron by low-temperature oxidation in the presence of water. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "rusting" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1615. (references) |
Synonym: RustingSynonym: rust (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Rusting |
| English words defined with "rusting": rustproof, rustproofed ♦ tin plate ♦ undercoated, undersealed. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "rusting": ASSEMBLER, WIRE-MESH GATE ♦ BROWNING PROCESSOR ♦ mold cleaner, MOLD POLISHER ♦ slow-rusting steel. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Rusting" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses. Dutch (armour). |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | And I was standing over there, rusting for the longest time (The Wizard of Oz; writing credit: L. Frank Baum; Noel Langley) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Rusting World (1980) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
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Books | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Rusting combines testify to unprofitable years of wheat farming in central Oregon. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Rusting and battered combines of more prosperous days show how vain efforts are to grow wheat in the dry central Oregon area. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Farmhouse of small farmer near Santa Rosa, Texas. Tractor and rusting farm implements are in the yard, showing the changes in farming methods and also demonstrating that even the small farmers are using the new tractors and other mechanized equipment. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Rusting engine and an old plow on the "property" of Buckboard Charlie, squatter near Iron River, Michigan. Credit: Library of Congress. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
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| "Old Corrugated Rusting Barn 1" by Shawn Sutherland Commentary: "This is an old barn of some sort in Waynesboro, GA." |
Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers. |
| Title | Author | Quote |
Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | Engines rusting on the ground and against the shed |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| "Rusting" is generally used as a lexical verb (-ing form) -- approximately 62.50% of the time. "Rusting" is used about 56 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Lexical Verb (-ing form) | 62.5% | 35 | 58,339 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 26.79% | 15 | 90,616 |
| Noun (singular) | 8.93% | 5 | 157,705 |
| Noun (proper) | 1.79% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 56 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "rusting": nailhead rusting. Additional references. | |
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "rusting": anti-rusting, non-rusting, slow-rusting. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
rusting | 17 |
rusting metal | 4 |
craft metal rusting | 3 |
iron rusting | 3 |
bridge harbour rusting | 3 |
rusting stainless steel | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "rusting"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Arabic | سرقة الماشية (rustling). (various references) | |
Chinese | 生锈 (rusted, rusty). (various references) | |
Danish | rustfare (danger of rusting), sømrust (nailhead rusting), fare for rust (danger of rusting). (various references) | |
Dutch | roestgevaar (danger of rusting), spijkerroest (nailhead rusting). (various references) | |
Finnish | naulankannan ruostuminen (nailhead rusting). (various references) | |
French | tache de rouille (nailhead rusting), degré d'enrouillage (degree of rusting), danger de rouille (danger of rusting). (various references) | |
German | verrostend, rostend (oxidizing). (various references) | |
Greek | κηλίδες σκουριάς (nailhead rusting), κίνδυνος οξειδώσεως (danger of rusting). (various references) | |
Hebrew | מחליד (rusty), העלאת חלודה, החלדה. (various references) | |
Hungarian | rozsdásodás (corrosion). (various references) | |
Italian | arrugginire (rust). (various references) | |
Korean | 부식 (Corrosion, Erosion). (various references) | |
Manx | neuvergagh (non-rusting, rustless). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ustingray.(various references) | |
Portuguese | mancha de ferrugem (nailhead rusting), grau de oxidação (degree of rusting). (various references) | |
Russian | ржаветь ржавый (rusted). (various references) | |
Spanish | manchas de herrumbre de clavos (nailhead rusting), manchas de clavos (nailhead rusting), grado de oxidación (degree of rusting). (various references) | |
Swedish | spikhuvudsrost (nailhead rusting). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words ending with "rusting": becrusting, crusting, distrusting, encrusting, entrusting, incrusting, intrusting, mistrusting, outthrusting, thrusting, trusting, underthrusting, untrusting, upthrusting. (additional references) | |
Words containing "rusting": trustingly, trustingness, trustingnesses. (additional references) | |
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"Rusting" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: rasting, Restinga, Rostagno, rostin, Rotsagno, rusing, Rusinga, Ruspidge, rusten, rustning, rutin, urting. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "rusting" (pronounced ru"sting) |
| 6 | r u" s t i ng | encrusting, entrusting, thrusting, trusting. |
| 5 | -u" s t i ng | adjusting, busting, disgusting, dusting, gusting, lusting, readjusting. |
| 4 | -s t i ng | accosting, arresting, assisting, attesting, besting, blacklisting, blasting, boasting, boosting, breasting, broadcasting, bursting, casting, coasting, coexisting, composting, consisting, contesting, contrasting, costing, cresting, defrosting, delisting, digesting, divesting, enlisting, everlasting, exhausting, existing, fasting, feasting, forecasting, frosting, harvesting, Hasting, hoisting, hosting, ingesting, insisting, interesting, investing, jousting, lambasting, lasting, listing, manifesting, molesting, nesting, ousting, pasting, persisting, posting, preexisting, protesting, recasting, reinvesting, requesting, resisting, resting, retesting, roasting, suggesting, tasting, testing, toasting, twisting, typecasting, uninteresting, vesting, wasting, wresting. |
| 3 | -t i ng | annotating, anticipating, appointing, appreciating, appropriating, approximating, arbitrating, abrogating, abutting, accelerating, accenting, accentuating, accepting, accommodating, abating, abbreviating, abdicating, abducting, abetting, aborting, accounting, accrediting, accumulating, acquitting, acting, activating, adapting, addicting, adjudicating, administrating, admitting, adopting, advocating, affecting, affiliating, afflicting, aggravating, agitating, airlifting, alerting, alienating, alleviating, allocating, allotting, alternating, amounting, articulating, assassinating, assaulting, asserting, assimilating, associating, attempting, attracting, attributing, auditing, augmenting, authenticating, automating, averting, awaiting, babysitting, backbiting, baiting, balloting, bankrupting, batting, beating, befitting, begetting, belting, benefiting, benefitting, berating, besetting, betting, biting, bitting, blanketing, bloating, bloodletting, blunting, boating, bolting, booting, boycotting, budgeting, bullfighting, bunting, butting, calculating, captivating, carpeting, carting, castigating, castrating, catapulting, cavorting, celebrating, cementing, chanting, charting, chatting, cheating, chlorinating, circulating, circumventing, citing, clotting, coagulating, coating, cohabiting, collaborating, collecting, combating, combatting, comforting, commemorating, commenting, committing, communicating, commuting, compensating, competing, complementing, completing, complicating, complimenting, computing, concentrating, concocting, conducting, confiscating, conflicting, confronting, congratulating, connecting, consenting, consolidating, consorting, constituting, constricting, constructing, consulting, consummating, contacting, contaminating, contemplating, contracting, contradicting, contributing, converting, convicting, cooperating, coordinating, copycatting, correcting, correlating, corroborating, corrupting, counteracting, Counterfeiting, counting, courting, crafting, crating, creating, crediting, culminating, cultivating, cutting, darting, dating, daunting, debating, debilitating, decaffeinating, decanting, decelerating, decimating, decorating, dedicating, deducting, defaulting, defeating, defecting, deflating, deflecting, degenerating, delegating, deleting, deliberating, delighting, delineating, demonstrating, denigrating, denting, departing, depicting, depleting, deporting, depositing, deprecating, depreciating, deregulating, deserting, designating, destructing, detecting, deteriorating, detonating, detracting, devastating, devoting, dictating, dieting, differentiating, diluting, directing, disappointing, disconcerting, disconnecting, discounting, discrediting, discriminating, disintegrating, disorienting, dispiriting, disputing, disquieting, disrespecting, disrupting, dissecting, disseminating, dissenting, dissipating, distorting, distracting, distributing, districting, diverting, documenting, domesticating, dominating, donating, doting, dotting, doubting, drafting, drifting, duplicating, eating, editing, educating, effecting, elaborating, elating, electing, electroplating, elevating, eliciting, eliminating, emanating, emigrating, emitting, emulating, enacting, encapsulating, enchanting, enunciating, equating, equivocating, eradicating, erecting, erupting, escalating, escorting, estimating, evacuating, evaluating, evaporating, evicting, exacerbating, exacting, exaggerating, exalting, exasperating, excavating, excepting, exciting, excoriating, excruciating, executing, exempting, exerting, exhibiting, exhilarating, exhorting, exiting, exonerating, expecting, expediting, experimenting, exploiting, exporting, extenuating, exterminating, extorting, extracting, extraditing, extrapolating, fabricating, facilitating, fainting, fascinating, faulting, fermenting, ferreting, Fetting, fidgeting, fighting, fingerprinting, firefighting, fitting, flaunting, fleeting, flirting, flitting, floating, flouting, fluctuating, fomenting, footing, footnoting, forfeiting, forgetting, formulating, fragmenting, fretting, fronting, fruiting, frustrating, generating, getting, gifting, glinting, gloating, graduating, grafting, granting, grating, gravitating, greeting, gritting, grouting, grunting, gunfighting, gutting, gyrating, hallucinating, halting, handwriting, hating, haunting, heating, hesitating, highlighting, hinting, hitting, homeporting, humiliating, hunting, hurting, hydrogenating, igniting, illuminating, illustrating, imitating, impacting, imparting, impersonating, implanting, implementing, implicating, importing, imprinting, inaugurating, incapacitating, incarcerating, incinerating, inciting, incorporating, incriminating, incubating, indicating, indicting, infatuating, infecting, infighting, infiltrating, inflating, inflicting, infuriating, ingratiating, inhabiting, inheriting, inhibiting, initiating, injecting, innovating, inserting, insinuating, inspecting, instigating, instituting, instructing, insulating, insulting, integrating, interacting, intercepting, interdicting, interpreting, interrogating, interrupting, intersecting, intimidating, intoxicating, inundating, invalidating, inventing, investigating, invigorating, inviting, irritating, isolating, jetting, jolting, jutting, kiting, knitting, lactating, lamenting, laminating, legislating, letting, levitating, liberating, lifting, lighting, limiting, liquidating, litigating, locating, looting, lubricating, malting, mandating, manipulating, marketing, marting, masturbating, mating, matting, mediating, meditating, meeting, melting, migrating, minting, misappropriating, misinterpreting, misrepresenting, misstating, mistreating, mitigating, moderating, molting, moonlighting, motivating, mounting, mutating, mutilating, muting, nauseating, navigating, necessitating, negating, neglecting, negotiating, netting, nitrating, nominating, nonbiting, nonoperating, nonsporting, nonvoting, noting, Nutting, objecting, obliterating, obstructing, obviating, officiating, offsetting, omitting, operating, opting, orbiting, orchestrating, originating, oscillating, Outfitting, outing, outwitting, overeating, overestimating, overheating, overreacting, overshooting, overstating, painting, panting, parachuting, parenting, participating, parting, patenting, patting, penetrating, percolating, perfecting, permeating, permitting, perpetrating, perpetuating, persecuting, perverting, petting, picketing, piloting, pinpointing, pirating, pitting, placating, planting, plating, plotting, plummeting, pocketing, pointing, polluting, pontificating, populating, porting, pouting, precipitating, predicting, predominating, preempting, presenting, preventing, printing, procrastinating, profiting, prognosticating, prohibiting, projecting, proliferating, promoting, prompting, promulgating, propagating, prosecuting, prospecting, protecting, pulsating, purporting, putting, quieting, quilting, quitting, quoting, radiating, rafting, ranting, ratcheting, rating, reacting, reactivating, reallocating, reasserting, rebutting, recalculating, recanting, reciprocating, reciting, recollecting, reconnecting, reconstituting, reconstructing, recounting, recreating, recruiting, recuperating, redacting, redecorating, redirecting, redistributing, redistricting, reelecting, reevaluating, refitting, reflecting, refuting, regenerating, regretting, regulating, rehabilitating, reigniting, reincorporating, reinstating, reinstituting, reinterpreting, reinventing, reinvigorating, reiterating, rejecting, rejuvenating, relating, relegating, relenting, relocating, remarketing, renegotiating, renovating, renting, repainting, repatriating, repeating, replanting, replicating, reporting, representing, reprinting, repudiating, rerouting, resenting, resonating, resorting, respecting, restarting, restating, restricting, resubmitting, resulting, resurrecting, resuscitating, retaliating, retracting, retreating, retrofitting, reuniting, reverberating, reverting, revisiting, revolting, rewriting, rioting, riveting, rocketing, rooting, rotating, rotting, salivating, salting, saluting, saturating, scapegoating, scouting, sculpting, seating, sedating, segregating, selecting, separating, setting, shafting, sheeting, shifting, shooting, shoplifting, shorting, shouting, shunting, shutting, sifting, sighting, simulating, siting, sitting, skating, skirting, skyrocketing, skywriting, slanting, slighting, slitting, slotting, smarting, smelting, snorting, soliciting, somersaulting, songwriting, sorting, speculating, spitting, splitting, sporting, spotlighting, spotting, spouting, sprinting, sprouting, spurting, squatting, squinting, squirting, stagnating, starting, stating, stimulating, stipulating, strutting, subcontracting, subjecting, submitting, subordinating, substituting, subtracting, subverting, suffocating, superconducting, supplanting, supplementing, supporting, surmounting, suspecting, sweating, Sweeting, syndicating, tabulating, tainting, targeting, taunting, telecommuting, telemarketing, tempting, tenting, terminating, thermosetting, thwarting, ticketing, tilting, titillating, tolerating, tormenting, toting, touting, translating, transmitting, transplanting, transporting, treating, trotting, trumpeting, typesetting, Typewriting, undercutting, underestimating, underreporting, understating, underwriting, undulating, unexciting, uninviting, uniting, unrelenting, unremitting, unseating, unstinting, unsuspecting, unwitting, updating, uplifting, uprooting, upsetting, urinating, vacating, vacillating, validating, vaulting, ventilating, venting, vetting, vibrating, violating, visiting, vomiting, voting, wafting, waiting, wanting, weighting, weightlifting, wetting, whiting, wildcatting, wilting, witting, writing, yachting. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "g-i-n-r-s-t-u" | |
-1 letter: grunts, rutins, string, strung, truing, ungirt, unrigs. | |
-2 letters: girns, girts, grins, grist, grits, grunt, rings, ruing, ruins, rungs, runts, rutin, sting, stung, suing, suint, tings, trigs, trugs, tungs, turns, units, unrig, using. | |
-3 letters: gins, girn, girt, gist, gits, gnus, grin, grit, guns, gust, guts, nits, nuts, rigs, ring, rins, rugs, ruin, rung, runs. | |
| Words containing the letters "g-i-n-r-s-t-u" | |
+1 letter: bursting, crusting, lustring, outgrins, outrings, rousting, rustling, spurting, suturing, tourings, trussing, trusting, turnings, unstring. | |
+2 letters: curtsying, figurants, gauntries, genitures, gesturing, grungiest, hungriest, insurgent, intrigues, lustering, lustrings, mustering, pasturing, posturing, resulting, russeting, signature, sprouting, squirting, strouding, strumming, strunting, strutting, surtaxing, thrusting, tonsuring, truckings, trussings, turtlings, unstrings, upstaring, vesturing. | |
+3 letters: becrusting, blustering, clustering, construing, curtseying, disgruntle, disrupting, disturbing, encrusting, entrusting, flustering, garnitures, granulites, guaranties, gutterings, incrusting, insurgents, intriguers, intrusting, lustrating, lutestring, misrouting, negritudes, outcursing, outraising, outrushing, outscoring, outserving, outsnoring, outsoaring, outstaring, posturings, purgations, requesting, resaluting, restudying, restuffing, russetings, russetting, saturating, sauntering, scuttering, shuttering, signatures, sputtering, stroudings, struggling, stuttering, subverting, supergiant, supporting, surfeiting, transuding, treasuring, trusteeing, trustingly, turfskiing, turgencies, turgidness, untrussing, untrusting, upstarting, upstirring. | |
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