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derust

derust verb: to remove rust from (something).

Verb

derust (third-person singular simple present derusts, present participle derusting, simple past and past participle derusted)

  1. (transitive) To remove rust from (something).
    • I'm going to derust the car this weekend.
  2. (intransitive, slang) To regain one's skills at a game after not having played for a while; to reverse the process of rusting.
    • I don't understand explanations like these. He wanted to 'derust' by having something help play the game for him? That's not derusting, that's straight up sticking your dick into a bucket full of iron filings left out in the rain for three weeks.2020 August 25, u/Ephemeralis, “Poised(from circle people) on why he cheated.”, in Reddit, r/osugame, archived from the original on 23 Dec 2023
    • It's imperative we get 2 closed door matches under our belt in Qatar so we can derust in November.2022 September 23, u/jamesey10, “Post Match Thread: MNT”, in Reddit, r/ussoccer, archived from the original on 23 Dec 2023

Noun

derust (plural derusts)

  1. An instance of derusting (in either sense).
    • Wrench Only wasn't too bad of a derust, since I was already really experienced with the category.2022 July 4, u/xemmypoo, “I ran Ratchet 2 Wrench Only at SGDQ, AMA”, in Reddit, r/speedrun, archived from the original on 23 Dec 2023

Examples of derust in a sentence

  • Watched this one live, he randomly got it less than an hour into the stream while derusting for PACE.2023 October 25, u/baggypantsman, “Super Mario 64 - 0 Star in 6:16 by Suigi”, in Reddit, r/speedrun, archived from the original on 23 Dec...
  • The act ends in 2 days, unless you want to derust or improve at the game probably better to wait if you want to grind rank2023 October 30, u/alphcadoesreddit, “Worth grinding ranked at this point of the act?”, in Reddit, r/VALORANT, archived from the original...

Forms of derust

Verb
third-person singular presentderusts
present participlederusting
past participlederusted
pastderusted
Noun
pluralderusts

Origin of derust

From de- + rust.

Questions about derust

What does derust mean?
Derust means to remove rust from (something).
How do you use derust in a sentence?
Watched this one live, he randomly got it less than an hour into the stream while derusting for PACE.
What part of speech is derust?
Derust can be a verb or a noun.
What is the past tense of derust?
The past tense of derust is derusted.

Words near derust in the dictionary

  1. derussification
  2. derussified
  3. derussifies
  4. derussify
  5. derussifying
  6. derust
  7. derusted
  8. deruster
  9. derusting
  10. derusts
  11. Deruta

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