Definition of rut Rut

/ɹʌˈt/ - [rut] - rut

We found 23 definitions of rut from 5 different sources.

What does rut mean?

Noun Plural: ruts
rut - a groove or furrow (especially one in soft earth caused by wheels)
		groove, channel (anatomy) any furrow or channel on a bodily structure or part
rut - a settled and monotonous routine that is hard to escape; "they fell into a conversational rut"
		groove
rut - applies to nonhuman mammals: a state or period of heightened sexual arousal and activity
		estrus, oestrus, heat
		physical condition, physiological condition, physiological state the condition or state of the body or bodily functions
Verb ruts, rutting, rutted
rut - be in a state of sexual excitement; of male mammals
		be spend or use time; "I may be an hour"
rut - hollow out in the form of a furrow or groove; "furrow soil"
		furrow, groove
		cut into, delve, dig, turn over turn up, loosen, or remove earth; "Dig we must"; "turn over the soil for aeration"

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rut (Noun)
Sexual desire or oestrus of cattle, and various other mammals.
rut (Noun)
A furrow, groove, or track worn in the ground, as from the passage of many wheels along a road.
rut (Noun)
A fixed routine, procedure, line of conduct, thought or feeling.
rut (Noun)
A dull routine.
rut (Verb)
To be in the annual rut.
rut (Verb)
To have sexual intercourse .
rut (Verb)
To mount or cover during copulation.
rut (Verb)
To make a furrow.

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

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