Rush vs. Rust

Any of several stiff plants of the genus Juncus, or the family Juncaceae, having hollow or pithy stems and small flowers, and often growing in marshes or near water.

The stem of such plants used in making baskets, mats, the seats of chairs, etc.

The merest trifle; a straw.

A sudden forward motion.

A surge.

Example: ‘A rush of business can be difficult to handle effectively for its unexpected volume.’;

General haste.

Example: ‘Many errors were made in the rush to finish.’;

A rapid, noisy flow.

Example: ‘a rush of water;’; ‘a rush of footsteps’;

(military) A sudden attack; an onslaught.

(contact sports) The act of running at another player to block or disrupt play.

Example: ‘a rush on the quarterback’;

A rusher; a lineman.

Example: ‘the center rush, whose place is in the center of the rush line’;

A sudden, brief exhilaration, for instance the pleasurable sensation produced by a stimulant.

Example: ‘The rollercoaster gave me a rush.’;

A regulated period of recruitment in fraternities and sororities.

Example: ‘rush week’;

A perfect recitation.

(croquet) A roquet in which the object ball is sent to a particular location on the lawn.

To hurry; to perform a task with great haste.

Example: ‘rush one's dinner;’; ‘rush off an email response’;

(intransitive) To flow or move forward rapidly or noisily.

Example: ‘armies rush to battle;’; ‘waters rush down a precipice.’;

To dribble rapidly.

To run directly at another player in order to block or disrupt play.

(transitive) To cause to move or act with unusual haste.

Example: ‘Don't rush your client or he may withdraw.’;

To make a swift or sudden attack.

(military) To swiftly attack without warning.

To attack (an opponent) with a large swarm of units; to zerg.

To attempt to join a fraternity or sorority; to undergo hazing or initiation in order to join a fraternity or sorority.

(transitive) To transport or carry quickly.

Example: ‘The shuttle rushes passengers from the station to the airport.’;

To roquet an object ball to a particular location on the lawn.

To recite (a lesson) or pass (an examination) without an error.

Performed with, or requiring urgency or great haste, or done under pressure.

Example: ‘a rush job’;

A name given to many aquatic or marsh-growing endogenous plants with soft, slender stems, as the species of Juncus and Scirpus.

The merest trifle; a straw.

Example: ‘John Bull's friendship is not worth a rush.’;

A moving forward with rapidity and force or eagerness; a violent motion or course; as, a rush of troops; a rush of winds; a rush of water.

Example: ‘A gentleman of his train spurred up his horse, and, with a violent rush, severed him from the duke.’;

Great activity with pressure; as, a rush of business.

A perfect recitation.

A rusher; as, the center rush, whose place is in the center of the rush line; the end rush.

To move forward with impetuosity, violence, and tumultuous rapidity or haste; as, armies rush to battle; waters rush down a precipice.

Example: ‘Like to an entered tide, they all rush by.’;

To enter into something with undue haste and eagerness, or without due deliberation and preparation; as, to rush business or speculation.

Example: ‘They . . . never think it to be a part of religion to rush into the office of princes and ministers.’;

To push or urge forward with impetuosity or violence; to hurry forward.

To recite (a lesson) or pass (an examination) without an error.

the act of moving hurriedly and in a careless manner;

Example: ‘in his haste to leave he forgot his book’;

a sudden forceful flow

grasslike plants growing in wet places and having cylindrical often hollow stems

physician and Revolutionary American leader; signer of the Declaration of Independence (1745-1813)

the swift release of a store of affective force;

Example: ‘they got a great bang out of it’; ‘what a boot!’; ‘he got a quick rush from injecting heroin’; ‘he does it for kicks’;

a sudden burst of activity;

Example: ‘come back after the rush’;

(American football) an attempt to advance the ball by running into the line;

Example: ‘the linebackers were ready to stop a rush’;

step on it;

Example: ‘He rushed down the hall to receive his guests’; ‘The cars raced down the street’;

attack suddenly

urge to an unnatural speed;

Example: ‘Don't rush me, please!’;

act or move at high speed;

Example: ‘We have to rush!’; ‘hurry--it's late!’;

run with the ball, in football

cause to move fast or to rush or race;

Example: ‘The psychologist raced the rats through a long maze’;

cause to occur rapidly;

Example: ‘the infection precipitated a high fever and allergic reactions’;

not accepting reservations

done under pressure;

Example: ‘a rush job’;

move with urgent haste

Example: ‘Oliver rushed after her’; ‘I rushed outside and hailed a taxi’;

(of air or a liquid) flow strongly

Example: ‘the water rushed in through the great oaken gates’;

act with great haste

Example: ‘as soon as the campaign started they rushed into action’; ‘shoppers rushed to buy computers’;

force (someone) to act hastily

Example: ‘I don't want to rush you into something’;

take (someone) somewhere with great haste

Example: ‘an ambulance was waiting to rush him to hospital’;

deliver (something) quickly to (someone)

Example: ‘we'll rush you a copy at once’;

produce and distribute something very quickly

Example: ‘a rewritten textbook was rushed out last autumn’;

deal with (something) hurriedly

Example: ‘panic measures were rushed through parliament’;

dash towards (someone or something) in an attempt to attack or capture

Example: ‘to rush the bank and fire willy-nilly could be disastrous for everyone’;

advance towards (an opposing player, especially the quarterback)

Example: ‘a linebacker who was gifted in rushing the quarterback’;

run from scrimmage with the ball

Example: ‘he rushed for 100 yards on 22 carries’;

entertain (a new student) in order to assess suitability for membership of a college fraternity or sorority.

(of a student) visit (a college fraternity or sorority) with a view to joining it

Example: ‘he rushed three fraternities’;

make (a customer) pay a particular amount, especially an excessive one

Example: ‘how much did they rush you for this heap?’; ‘They rushed you, all right! It's not worth a penny more than £120’;

a sudden quick movement towards something, typically by a number of people

Example: ‘there was a rush for the door’;

a sudden flow or flood

Example: ‘she felt a rush of cold air’;

a flurry of hasty activity

Example: ‘the pre-Christmas rush’; ‘a rush job’;

a sudden strong demand for a commodity

Example: ‘there's been a rush onthe Western News because of the murder’;

a sudden intense feeling

Example: ‘Mark felt a rush of anger’;

a sudden thrill or feeling of euphoria such as experienced after taking certain drugs

Example: ‘users experience a rush’;

an act of advancing forward, especially towards the quarterback.

the first prints made of a film after a period of shooting

Example: ‘after the shoot the agency team will see the rushes’;

an erect, tufted marsh or waterside plant resembling a sedge or grass, with inconspicuous greenish or brownish flowers. Widely distributed in temperate areas, some kinds are used for matting, chair seats, and baskets.

used in names of plants of wet habitats that are similar to rushes, e.g. flowering rush.

a stem of a rush plant.

rushes used as a material

Example: ‘he worked on the leaks in the hull, using bundles of rush’;

a thing of no value (used for emphasis)

Example: ‘not one of them is worth a rush’;

The deteriorated state of iron or steel as a result of moisture and oxidation.

Example: ‘The rust on my bicycle chain made cycling to work very dangerous.’;

A similar substance based on another metal (usually with qualification, such as "copper rust").

Example: ‘aerugo. Green or blue-green copper rust; verdigris. (American Heritage Dictionary, 1973)’;

A reddish-brown color.

A disease of plants caused by a reddish-brown fungus.

(intransitive) To oxidize, especially of iron or steel.

Example: ‘The patio furniture had rusted in the wind-driven spray.’;

(transitive) To cause to oxidize.

Example: ‘The wind-driven spray had thoroughly rusted the patio furniture.’;

(intransitive) To be affected with the parasitic fungus called rust.

To (cause to) degenerate in idleness; to make or become dull or impaired by inaction.

The reddish yellow coating formed on iron when exposed to moist air, consisting of ferric oxide or hydroxide; hence, by extension, any metallic film of corrosion.

A minute mold or fungus forming reddish or rusty spots on the leaves and stems of cereal and other grasses (Trichobasis Rubigo-vera), now usually believed to be a form or condition of the corn mildew (Puccinia graminis). As rust, it has solitary reddish spores; as corn mildew, the spores are double and blackish.

That which resembles rust in appearance or effects.

Example: ‘Sacred truths cleared from all rust and dross of human mixtures.’;

To contract rust; to be or become oxidized.

Example: ‘If gold ruste, what shall iron do?’; ‘Our armors now may rust.’;

To be affected with the parasitic fungus called rust; also, to acquire a rusty appearance, as plants.

To degenerate in idleness; to become dull or impaired by inaction.

Example: ‘Must I rust in Egypt? never moreAppear in arms, and be the chief of Greece?’;

To cause to contract rust; to corrode with rust; to affect with rust of any kind.

Example: ‘Keep up your bright swords, for the dew will rust them.’;

To impair by time and inactivity.

a red or brown oxide coating on iron or steel caused by the action of oxygen and moisture

a reddish-brown discoloration of leaves and stems caused by a rust fungus

the formation of reddish-brown ferric oxides on iron by low-temperature oxidation in the presence of water

any of various fungi causing rust disease in plants

become destroyed by water, air, or an etching chemical such as an acid;

Example: ‘The metal corroded’; ‘The pipes rusted’;

cause to deteriorate due to the action of water, air, or an acid;

Example: ‘The acid corroded the metal’; ‘The steady dripping of water rusted the metal stopper in the sink’;

become coated with oxide

of the color of rust

Rust is an iron oxide, a usually reddish-brown oxide formed by the reaction of iron and oxygen in the catalytic presence of water or air moisture. Rust consists of hydrous iron(III) oxides (Fe2O3·nH2O) and iron(III) oxide-hydroxide (FeO(OH), Fe(OH)3), and is typically associated with the corrosion of refined iron.