'Rut' definitions:

Definition of 'rut'

(from WordNet)
noun
A groove or furrow (especially one in soft earth caused by wheels)
noun
A settled and monotonous routine that is hard to escape; "they fell into a conversational rut" [syn: rut, groove]
noun
Applies to nonhuman mammals: a state or period of heightened sexual arousal and activity [syn: estrus, oestrus, heat, rut] [ant: anestrum, anestrus, anoestrum, anoestrus]
verb
Be in a state of sexual excitement; of male mammals
verb
Hollow out in the form of a furrow or groove; "furrow soil" [syn: furrow, rut, groove]

Definition of 'Rut'

From: GCIDE
  • Rut \Rut\, n. [F. rut, OF. ruit, L. rugitus a roaring, fr. rugire to roar; -- so called from the noise made by deer in rutting time.]
  • 1. (Physiol.) Sexual desire or oestrus of deer, cattle, and various other mammals; heat; also, the period during which the oestrus exists. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Roaring, as of waves breaking upon the shore; rote. See Rote. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Rut'

From: GCIDE
  • Rut \Rut\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Rutted; p. pr. & vb. n. Rutting.] To have a strong sexual impulse at the reproductive period; -- said of deer, cattle, etc. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Rut'

From: GCIDE
  • Rut \Rut\, v. t. To cover in copulation. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Rut'

From: GCIDE
  • Rut \Rut\, n. [variant of route.] A track worn by a wheel or by habitual passage of anything; a groove in which anything runs. Also used figuratively. [1913 Webster] [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Rut'

From: GCIDE
  • Rut \Rut\, v. t. To make a rut or ruts in; -- chiefly used as a past participle or a participial adj.; as, a rutted road. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'rut'

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