Rut
11rut — [ rʌt ] noun 1. ) count usually singular a situation that is boring and difficult to change: be (stuck) in a rut: If you re in a rut, change jobs. 2. ) count a deep narrow mark in the ground made by a wheel: I had to walk in frozen ruts in the… …
12rut — RUT. s. m. Il se dit des Cerfs & de quelques autres bestes fauves quand ils sont en amour. Le mois de Septembre est le temps du rut. les cerfs sont en rut. quand les cerfs entrent en rut …
13Rut — Rut, n. [F. rut, OF. ruit, L. rugitus a roaring, fr. rugire to roar; so called from the noise made by deer in rutting time.] 1. (Physiol.) Sexual desire or [oe]strus of deer, cattle, and various other mammals; heat; also, the period during which… …
14Rut — Rut, v. t. To make a rut or ruts in; chiefly used as a past participle or a participial adj.; as, a rutted road. [1913 Webster] …
15Rut — 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. [1913 Webster] …
16Rut — Rut, v. t. To cover in copulation. Dryden. [1913 Webster] …
17Rut — 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. [1913 Webster] [1913 Webster] …
18rut — [n1] groove, indentation furrow, gouge, hollow, pothole, rabbet, score, track, trench, trough; concept 513 Ant. closing rut [n2] routine of daily life circle, circuit, course, custom, daily grind*, dead end*, grind*, groove, habit, humdrum*, pace …
19rut — Ⅰ. rut [1] ► NOUN 1) a long deep track made by the repeated passage of the wheels of vehicles. 2) a routine or pattern of behaviour or activity that has become dull but is hard to change. DERIVATIVES rutted adjective rutty adjective. ORIGIN …
20Rut — Rut, Fluß in Südrußland. Am R. 1150 Sieg des Großfürsten Isäslaw II. über Jurje von Susdal …
