rut
noun/rʌt/
/rʌt/
- [countable] a deep track that a wheel makes in soft ground
- It was difficult to walk in the muddy ruts left by the tractor.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- deep
- wheel
- wagon
- …
- in a rut
- into a rut
- out of a rut
- …
- [countable] a boring way of life that does not change
- I gave up my job because I felt I was stuck in a rut.
- If you don't go out and meet new people, it's easy to get into a rut.
Extra ExamplesTopics Feelingsc2- I'd got into a rut, cooking the same things week after week.
- Moving abroad gave her the chance to get out of a rut.
- My job bores me—I feel I'm in a rut.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- deep
- wheel
- wagon
- …
- in a rut
- into a rut
- out of a rut
- …
- (also the rut)[uncountable] the time of year when male animals, especially deer, become sexually active
- stags fighting during the rut
see also rutted, rutting
Word Originsenses 1 to 2 late 16th cent.: probably from Old French rute ‘road’, from Latin rupta (via) ‘broken (way)’, feminine past participle of rumpere.sense 3 late Middle English: from Old French, from Latin rugitus, from rugire ‘to roar’.
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