Rut definition
A sunken track or groove made by the passage of vehicles.
noun
To make ruts in (a path, for example).
verb
A regularly recurring condition of fertility during which breeding occurs in certain mammals, especially deer and various other ungulates.
A buck in rut.
noun
Rut is defined as to make a groove.
An example of rut is to make a track in the mud with a bicycle.
verb
The definition of a rut is a groove or track in the ground, a routine way of acting, or a period of sexual excitement in animals, especially males.
An example of a rut is a track in the ground from a bike.
An example of a rut is following the same routine each and every day.
An example of a rut is a period of sexual excitement in a male goat.
noun
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An uninspired routine or pattern of behavior that one continues unthinkingly or because change is difficult.
noun
A regularly recurring condition of fertility during which breeding occurs in certain mammals, especially deer and various other ungulates.
A buck in rut.
noun
The period during which this condition occurs.
noun
To be in rut.
verb
A groove, furrow, or track, esp. one made in the ground by the passage of wheeled vehicles.
noun
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A fixed, routine course of action, thought, etc., esp. one regarded as monotonous.
noun
To make a rut or ruts in.
verb
The periodic sexual excitement, or heat, of certain mammals: applied esp. to males, often specif. to those male ruminants in which it occurs once a year.
noun
The period during which this occurs.
noun
To be in rut.
verb
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The period during which this condition occurs.
noun
To be in rut.
verb
(intransitive) To be in the annual rut.
verb
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(intransitive) To have sexual intercourse.
verb
To mount or cover during copulation.
verb
A fixed routine, procedure, line of conduct, thought or feeling (See also rutter)
noun
A dull routine.
Dull job, no interests, no dates. He's really in a rut.
noun
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Other Word Forms
Noun
Singular:
rut
Plural:
rutsOrigin of rut
- Middle English rutte from Old French rut from Vulgar Latin rūgitus from rūgere to roar from Latin rūgīre to roar
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- Possibly alteration of route
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- Old French "˜noise, roar, bellowing', from Latin rugitus, from rugire "˜to roar'
From Wiktionary
- 16th century. Probably from French route "˜road'
From Wiktionary