Rut

  • 31rut — I [[t]rʌt[/t]] n. v. rut•ted, rut•ting 1) a furrow or track in the ground, esp. one made by the passage of vehicles 2) any furrow, groove, etc 3) a fixed or established mode of procedure or course of life, usu. dull or unpromising: to fall into a …

    From formal English to slang

  • 32rut — [[t]rʌ̱t[/t]] ruts 1) N COUNT: usu sing, usu in a N (disapproval) If you say that someone is in a rut, you disapprove of the fact that they have become fixed in their way of thinking and doing things, and find it difficult to change. You can also …

    English dictionary

  • 33RUT — rapid urease test * * * rut rət n 1) an annually recurrent state of sexual excitement in the male deer broadly sexual excitement in a mammal (as estrus in the female) esp. when periodic 2) the period during which rut normally occurs often used… …

    Medical dictionary

  • 34rut — rut1 /rut/, n., v., rutted, rutting. n. 1. a furrow or track in the ground, esp. one made by the passage of a vehicle or vehicles. 2. any furrow, groove, etc. 3. a fixed or established mode of procedure or course of life, usually dull or… …

    Universalium

  • 35rut — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ deep ▪ wheel ▪ wagon (esp. AmE) PREPOSITION ▪ in a rut, into a  …

    Collocations dictionary

  • 36rut — UK [rʌt] / US noun Word forms rut : singular rut plural ruts 1) [countable, 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) [countable] a deep narrow mark in the ground …

    English dictionary

  • 37rut — I. /rʌt / (say rut) noun 1. a furrow or track in the ground, especially one made by the passage of a vehicle or vehicles. 2. any furrow, groove, etc. 3. a fixed or established way of life; a dull routine: to get into a rut. –verb (t) (rutted,… …

  • 38rut — I. noun Etymology: Middle English rutte, from Middle French ruit rut, disturbance, from Late Latin rugitus roar, from Latin rugire to roar; akin to Middle Irish rucht roar, Old Church Slavic rŭžati to neigh Date: 15th century 1. an annually… …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 39RUT — s. m. (On prononce le T.) Il se dit en parlant Des cerfs et de quelques autres bêtes fauves quand elles sont en amour. Le mois de septembre est le temps du rut. Les cerfs sont en rut. Quand les cerfs entrent en rut.   Les cerfs ne tiennent pas,… …

    Dictionnaire de l'Academie Francaise, 7eme edition (1835)

  • 40rut — The rut of deer [15] and the rut of a wheel [16] are not related. The latter in fact is historically the same word as route. Both go back ultimately to Vulgar Latin *rupta, which was a noun use of the past participle of Latin rumpere ‘break’… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins