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4 definitions • 4 examples
1
covered
with
rust
(=
metal
decay
):
Examples:
a rusty car/
nail
2
If a
skill
you had is rusty, it is not as good as it was because you have not practised it:
Examples:
My
Italian
is a bit rusty these days.
3
(
esp
. of a person) not as good at
knowing
or doing something as you once were, because you have not
practiced
it in a long time:
Examples:
We’re a little rusty after having the
summer
off.
4
(of the
surface
of something made of
iron
or
steel
)
covered
with a red-brown
substance
that
formed
as a
result
of
decay
caused
by
reacting
with
air
and water:
Examples:
People would
toss
their
soda
cans
into rusty old
barrels
.
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