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Meaning of 'rut' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Rut [ n.]
- Sexual desire or oestrus of deer, cattle, and various other mammals; heat; also, the period during which the oestrus exists.
- Roaring, as of waves breaking upon the shore; rote. See Rote.
- A track worn by a wheel or by habitual passage of anything; a groove in which anything runs. Also used figuratively.
2 . Rut [ v. i.]
- To have a strong sexual impulse at the reproductive period; -- said of deer, cattle, etc.
3 . Rut [ v. t.]
- To cover in copulation.
- To make a rut or ruts in; -- chiefly used as a past participle or a participial adj.; as, a rutted road.

Meaning of 'rut' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . rut [ n]
Meaning (1):
- a settled and monotonous routine that is hard to escape
Example in sentence:
  • they fell into a conversational rut
2 . rut [ v]
Meaning (2):
- hollow out in the form of a furrow or groove
Example in sentence:
  • furrow soil

Nearby Words:

ruta-baga rutaceous rutate ruth ruthenic ruthenious ruthenium ruthful ruthless rutic

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