- a groove or furrow in a soft road, caused by wheels
- a narrow or predictable way of life, set of attitudes, etc; dreary or undeviating routine (esp in the phrase in a rut)
- (transitive) to make a rut or ruts in
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
rut1 /rʌt/USA pronunciation
n., v., rut•ted, rut•ting.
n. [countable]
v. [~ + object* usually: be + ~-ed]
rut2 /rʌt/USA pronunciation n., v., rut•ted, rut•ting.
n. [countable* usually singular]
v. [no object]
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024n. [countable]
- a narrow, deep track in the ground, esp. one made by vehicles.
- a fixed way of proceeding, usually dull or unpromising:to fall into a rut with his job.
v. [~ + object* usually: be + ~-ed]
- to make a rut or ruts in:The road was badly rutted.
rut2 /rʌt/USA pronunciation n., v., rut•ted, rut•ting.
n. [countable* usually singular]
- Animal Husbandrythe period of year or time when deer, goats, etc., are sexually excited.
v. [no object]
- Animal Husbandryto be in the condition of rut.
rut1 (rut),USA pronunciation
n., v., rut•ted, rut•ting.
n.
v.t.
rut2 (rut),USA pronunciationn., v., rut•ted, rut•ting.
n.
v.i.
n.
- a furrow or track in the ground, esp. one made by the passage of a vehicle or vehicles.
- any furrow, groove, etc.
- a fixed or established mode of procedure or course of life, usually dull or unpromising:to fall into a rut.
v.t.
- to make a rut or ruts in;
furrow.
- perh. variant of route 1570–80
rut2 (rut),USA pronunciation
n.
- Animal Husbandrythe periodically recurring sexual excitement of the deer, goat, sheep, etc.
v.i.
- Animal Husbandryto be in the condition of rut.
- Late Latin rugītus a roaring, equivalent. to Latin rugī(re) to roar + -tus suffix of verb, verbal action
- Middle French rut, ruit
- late Middle English rutte 1375–1425
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
rut /rʌt/ n
rut /rʌt/ n
- 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
- (intransitive) (of male ruminants) to be in a period of sexual excitement and activity
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