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rut
I. \ˈrət, usu -d.+V\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English rutte, from Middle French rut, ruit noise, roar, rut, from Late Latin rugitus roar, from Latin, past participle of rugire to roar — more at bruit
1. : an annually recurrent state of sexual excitement in the male deer; broadly : sexual excitement in a mammal especially when recurring periodically : estrus, heat
2. : the period during which rut occurs in most sexually mature members of a natural population — often used with the
II. intransitive verb
(rutted ; rutted ; rutting ; ruts)
: to be in or enter into a state of rut
III. noun
(-s)
Etymology: perhaps modification of Middle French route way, route, track of an animal — more at route
1. : a track worn by a wheel or by habitual passage of anything : a groove in which anything runs
< ruts of the wagon trains are still to be seen — Veda Conner >
broadly : channel, furrow
< ruts of old stream beds >
< ruts in wrinkled skin >
2. : a usual or fixed practice : a regular course; especially : an especially monotonous routine method of action or procedure from which one is not easily stirred
< shock of death had pushed men's minds out of habitual ruts — Dixon Wecter >
< fall into a conversational rut >
IV. transitive verb
(rutted ; rutted ; rutting ; ruts)
: to make a rut in : furrow
< wagon trains were rutting the prairies — American Guide Series: Texas >
< the rutted snow underfoot — I.S.Cobb >
< rutted his brow >
V.
variant of rote
VI. noun
or ruth \“\
(-s)
Etymology: Hindi rath, from Sanskrit ratha wagon, chariot — more at roll
1. : a carriage drawn by a pony or by oxen
2. : a cart for carrying images in a procession |