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 Definitions of rut  [ʌt]  

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Definition of 'rut' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) rut
a furrow or track in the ground, esp. one made by the passage of vehicles.

2.  rut
any furrow, groove, etc.

3.  rut
a fixed or established mode of procedure or course of life, usu. dull or unpromising:
to fall into a rut.

4. (v.t.) rut
to make a rut or ruts in; furrow.

5. (n.) rut
the periodically recurring sexual excitement of the deer, goat, sheep, etc.

6. (v.i.) rut
to be in the condition of rut.

Etymology:  (1375–1425; rutte < MF rut, ruit < VL

Definition of 'rut' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) rut
a groove or furrow (especially one in soft earth caused by wheels)

2. (noun) rut, groove
a settled and monotonous routine that is hard to escape
"they fell into a conversational rut"

3. (verb) estrus, oestrus, heat, rut
applies to nonhuman mammals: a state or period of heightened sexual arousal and activity

4. (verb) rut
be in a state of sexual excitement; of male mammals

5. (verb) furrow, rut, groove
hollow out in the form of a furrow or groove
"furrow soil"


Definition of 'rut' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (noun) rut
a frustrating situation that you feel you cannot change
If you're stuck in a rut at work, look for a new job.


Definition of 'rut' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) rut
sexual desire or oestrus of deer, cattle, and various other mammals; heat; also, the period during which the oestrus exists

2. (noun) rut
roaring, as of waves breaking upon the shore; rote. See Rote

3. (noun) rut
a track worn by a wheel or by habitual passage of anything; a groove in which anything runs. Also used figuratively

4. (verb) rut
to have a strong sexual impulse at the reproductive period; -- said of deer, cattle, etc

5. (verb) rut
to cover in copulation

6. (verb) rut
to make a rut or ruts in; -- chiefly used as a past participle or a participial adj.; as, a rutted road


Translation of 'rut' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: a deep track made by a wheel etc in soft ground
The road was full of ruts.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: spoor Arabic flag Arabic: قَناه، أُخْدود Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: бразда
Brazilian flag Brazilian: sulco Czech flag Czech: vyježděná kolej German flag German: die Furche
Danish flag Danish: hjulspor Greek flag Greek: αυλάκι Spanish flag Spanish: surco, bache
Estonian flag Estonian: roobas Farsi flag Farsi: شیار؛ جای چرخ Finnish flag Finnish: ura
French flag French: ornière Hebrew flag Hebrew: עִקבוֹת גַלגָלִים Hindi flag Hindi: मदकाल
Croatian flag Croatian: trag (automobila), kolote Hungarian flag Hungarian: kerékvágás Indonesian flag Indonesian: alur
Icelandic flag Icelandic: hjólfar, skorningur Italian flag Italian: solco Japanese flag Japanese: 車の跡
Korean flag Korean: 바퀴 자국 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: vėžė Latvian flag Latvian: grambas
Malay flag Malay: bekas/tapak roda Dutch flag Dutch: wagenspoor Norwegian flag Norwegian: hjulspor
Polish flag Polish: koleina Persian flag Persian: شیار؛ جای چرخ Pashto flag Pashto: د ځای څرخ
Portuguese flag Portuguese: sulco Romanian flag Romanian: făgaş, urmă Russian flag Russian: колея
Slovak flag Slovak: vyjazdená koľaj Slovenian flag Slovenian: kolesnica Serbian flag Serbian: trag od točka
Swedish flag Swedish: hjulspår Thai flag Thai: ร่องทางรถบนถนน Turkish flag Turkish: derin tekerlek izi
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 馬車痕跡 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: колія; борозна Urdu flag Urdu: وہ نالی جو گاڑی کے پہیے س
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: vết lún sâu của bánh xe Chinese flag Chinese: 车辙

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