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rut
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      n

1 a groove or furrow in a soft road, caused by wheels

2 any deep mark, hole, or groove

3 a narrow or predictable way of life, set of attitudes, etc.; dreary or undeviating routine (esp. in the phrase in a rut)
vb , ruts, rutting, rutted

4 tr to make a rut or ruts in
(C16: probably from French route road)

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rut [²]
n

1 a recurrent period of sexual excitement and reproductive activity in certain male ruminants, such as the deer, that corresponds to the period of oestrus in females

2 another name for → oestrus
vb , ruts, rutting, rutted

3 intr (of male ruminants) to be in a period of sexual excitement and activity
(C15: from Old French rut noise, roar, from Latin rugitus, from rugire to roar)

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rut

n

1 furrow, gouge, groove, indentation, pothole, score, track, trough, wheelmark

2 dead end, groove, habit, humdrum existence, pattern, routine, system
vb

3 cut, furrow, gouge, groove, hole, indent, mark, score

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