Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to rust
Participle: rusted
Gerund: rusting
Indicative
Present
| I | rust |
| you | rust |
| he;she;it | rusts |
| we | rust |
| you | rust |
| they | rust |
Perfect
| I | have rusted |
| you | have rusted |
| he;she;it | has rusted |
| we | have rusted |
| you | have rusted |
| they | have rusted |
Past
| I | rusted |
| you | rusted |
| he;she;it | rusted |
| we | rusted |
| you | rusted |
| they | rusted |
Pluperfect
| I | had rusted |
| you | had rusted |
| he;she;it | had rusted |
| we | had rusted |
| you | had rusted |
| they | had rusted |
Future
| I | will rust |
| you | will rust |
| he;she;it | will rust |
| we | will rust |
| you | will rust |
| they | will rust |
Future Perfect
| I | will have rusted |
| you | will have rusted |
| he;she;it | will have rusted |
| we | will have rusted |
| you | will have rusted |
| they | will have rusted |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | rust |
| you | rust |
| he;she;it | rust |
| we | rust |
| you | rust |
| they | rust |
Perfect
| I | have rusted |
| you | have rusted |
| he;she;it | have rusted |
| we | have rusted |
| you | have rusted |
| they | have rusted |
Imperfect
| I | rusted |
| you | rusted |
| he;she;it | rusted |
| we | rusted |
| you | rusted |
| they | rusted |
Pluperfect
| I | had rusted |
| you | had rusted |
| he;she;it | had rusted |
| we | had rusted |
| you | had rusted |
| they | had rusted |
Conditional
Present
| I | would rust |
| you | would rust |
| he;she;it | would rust |
| we | would rust |
| you | would rust |
| they | would rust |
Perfect
| I | would have rusted |
| you | would have rusted |
| he;she;it | would have rusted |
| we | would have rusted |
| you | would have rusted |
| they | would have rusted |
Imperative
| you | rust |
| we | Let's rust |
| you | rust |
Verbs conjugated like 'rust'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'rust'
bust,
crust,
dust,
fust,
gust,
just,
lust,
must,
oust,
rest,
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. O.E.
rust, related to
rudu "redness," from P.Gmc.
*rusta- (cf. Fris.
rust, O.H.G., Ger.
rost, M.Du.
ro(e)st), from PIE
*reudh-s-to- (cf. Lith.
rustas "brownish,"
rudeti "to rust;" L.
robigo, O.C.S.
ruzda "rust"), from base
*reudh- "red." The verb is attested from c.1225. As a plant disease, attested from c.1340.
Rust Belt "dacayed urban industrial areas of mid-central U.S." (1984) was popularized, if not coined, by Walter Mondale's presidential campaign.
2. From Middle English rusten, from the noun (see above). See: Middle English '
rusten'.
Verbs referencing "rust"
Norwegian
ruste.
Sample Sentences
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The patio furniture had rusted in the wind-driven spray.
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Your gold and silver have rusted, and their rust will be evidence against you and will eat your flesh like fire. [1946, International Council of Religious Education, The New Covenant, Commonly Called the New Testament of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ: Revised Standard Version, James 5:3, page 490]
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The relegation of locomotives to storage seemed to be on a very unsystematic basis on all three principal Irish railways: while one member of a class was rusting in a yard, another might be hard at work in revenue-earning service—[…]. [1959 June 26, R. A. Young, “A Railway Holiday in Ireland—2”, in Railway Magazine, page 416:]
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The wind-driven spray had thoroughly rusted the patio furniture.
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I am sorry to say that, contrary to the majority, I have to report that the forage rusted rather badly. [1902 January 3, “Mapstone Oats: Further Experiences”, in The Agricultural Journal and Mining Record, volume 4, number 22, page 688:]
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My knowledge of Spanish has rusted over the years.
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Must I rust in Egypt? never more / Appear in arms, and be the chief of Greece? [1692, John Dryden, Cleomenes, the Spartan Hero, a Tragedy:]
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It's very common for black cats to rust during the summer.