rut

[rut]

A rut is a groove in the earth, like an indent caused by wheels. It's also a boring routine that can be hard to break. If you’re stuck in a rut, you’ve been doing the same old thing for too long.

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Sexual desire or 'd2strus of deer, cattle, and various other mammals; heat; also, the period during which the 'd2strus exists.

Noun
a settled and monotonous routine that is hard to escape; "they fell into a conversational rut"

Noun
a groove or furrow (especially one in soft earth caused by wheels)

Noun
applies to nonhuman mammals: a state or period of heightened sexual arousal and activity

Verb
hollow out in the form of a furrow or groove; "furrow soil"

Verb
be in a state of sexual excitement; of male mammals

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n.
Sexual desire or oestrus of deer, cattle, and various other mammals; heat; also, the period during which the oestrus exists.

n.
Roaring, as of waves breaking upon the shore; rote. See Rote.

v. i.
To have a strong sexual impulse at the reproductive period; -- said of deer, cattle, etc.

v. t.
To cover in copulation.

n.
A track worn by a wheel or by habitual passage of anything; a groove in which anything runs. Also used figuratively.

v. t.
To make a rut or ruts in; -- chiefly used as a past participle or a participial adj.; as, a rutted road.


Rut

Rut , n. [F. rut, OF. ruit, L. ruditus a roaring, fr. rugire to roar; -sp called from the noise made by deer in rutting time.] 1. (Physiol.) Sexual desire or 'd2strus of deer, cattle, and various other mammals; heat; also, the period during which the 'd2strus exists. 2. Roaring, as of waves breaking upon the shore; rote. See Rote.

Rut

Rut, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Rutted; p. pr. & vb. n. Rutting.] To have a strong sexual impulse at the reproductive period; -- said of deer, cattle, etc.

Rut

Rut, v. t. To cover in copulation. Dryden.

Rut

Rut, n. [variant of route.] A track worn by a wheel or by habitual passage of anything; a groove in which anything runs. Also used figuratively.

Rut

Rut, v. t. To make a rut or ruts in; -- chiefly used as a past participle or a participial adj; as, a rutted road.

Sexual desire or 'd2strus of deer, cattle, and various other mammals; heat; also, the period during which the 'd2strus exists.

To have a strong sexual impulse at the reproductive period; -- said of deer, cattle, etc.

To cover in copulation.

A track worn by a wheel or by habitual passage of anything; a groove in which anything runs. Also used figuratively.

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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Usage Examples

I visited those friends who'd just had a baby, and she was washing dishes and he was cleaning the house, and I burst with happiness. And in their minds, they were in this terrible domestic rut.

Those movies sure got me into a rut.

Misspelled Form

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Other Usage Examples

There must be people who remember World War II and the Holocaust who can help us get out of this rut.

The path of least resistance and least trouble is a mental rut already made. It requires troublesome work to undertake the alternation of old beliefs.

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