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Definition of Rut
1. Noun. A groove or furrow (especially one in soft earth caused by wheels).
2. Verb. Be in a state of sexual excitement; of male mammals.
3. Noun. A settled and monotonous routine that is hard to escape. "They fell into a conversational rut"
4. Verb. Hollow out in the form of a furrow or groove. "Furrow soil"
Generic synonyms: Cut Into, Delve, Dig, Turn Over
Derivative terms: Furrow, Groove, Groove
5. Noun. Applies to nonhuman mammals: a state or period of heightened sexual arousal and activity.
Generic synonyms: Physical Condition, Physiological Condition, Physiological State
Antonyms: Anestrus
Derivative terms: Estrous
Definition of Rut
1. n. Sexual desire or œstrus of deer, cattle, and various other mammals; heat; also, the period during which the œstrus exists.
2. v. i. To have a strong sexual impulse at the reproductive period; -- said of deer, cattle, etc.
3. v. t. To cover in copulation.
4. n. A track worn by a wheel or by habitual passage of anything; a groove in which anything runs. Also used figuratively.
5. v. t. To make a rut or ruts in; -- chiefly used as a past participle or a participial adj.; as, a rutted road.
Definition of Rut
1. Noun. (zoology) Sexual desire or oestrus of cattle, and various other mammals ¹
2. Verb. (intransitive) to be in the annual rut ¹
3. Verb. (intransitive) to have sexual intercourse ¹
4. Noun. A furrow, groove, or track worn in the ground, as from the passage of many wheels along a road ¹
5. Noun. A fixed routine, procedure, line of conduct, thought or feeling (See also rutter) ¹
6. Noun. A dull routine ¹
7. Verb. (transitive) To make a furrow ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Rut
1. to make ruts (grooves) in [v RUTTED, RUTTING, RUTS]
Medical Definition of Rut
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