Rut

  • 41rut — 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’… …

    Word origins

  • 42rut — noun 1 (C) a deep narrow track left in soft ground by a wheel 2 in a rut living or working in a situation that never changes, so that you feel bored: be stuck in a rut: I was stuck in a rut, and decided to look for a new job. 3 the rut technical… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 43Rut — Es uno de los libros del Antiguo Testamento, precedido por el libro de los Jueces y seguido por el Primer Libro de Samuel. El libro narra la historia de Elimelec, un hombre de Belén de Judá, que emigró con su familia al país de Moab. Su mujer se… …

    Enciclopedia Universal

  • 44rut — {{11}}rut (1) track, 1570s, probably from M.E. route (see ROUTE (Cf. route)); though OED finds this improbable. Metaphoric meaning narrow, monotonous routine first attested 1839. {{12}}rut (2) animal mating season (originally of deer), early 15c …

    Etymology dictionary

  • 45rut —    Ardeur vénérienne.         Mais Jeanne tout en rut s’approche et me recherche    D’amour ou d’amitié, duquel qu’il vous plaira.    RÉGNIER.         Le corps en rut, de luxure enivré,    Entre en jurant comme un désespéré.    VOLTAIRE.        … …

    Dictionnaire Érotique moderne

  • 46rut — 1. n. & v. n. 1 a deep track made by the passage of wheels. 2 an established (esp. tedious) mode of practice or procedure. v.tr. (rutted, rutting) mark with ruts. Phrases and idioms: in a rut following a fixed (esp. tedious or dreary) pattern of… …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 47RUT — n. m. Désir de s’accoupler, en parlant des Cerfs et de quelques autres bêtes fauves. Les cerfs sont en rut. Quand les cerfs entrent en rut …

    Dictionnaire de l'Academie Francaise, 8eme edition (1935)

  • 48rut — 1. noun a) Sexual desire or oestrus of cattle, and various other mammals. Dull job, no interests, no dates. Hes really in a rut. b) A furrow, groove, or track worn in the ground, as from the passage of many wheels along a road. 2 …

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  • 49rut — n. groove, furrow 1) a deep rut (in a road) dreary routine 2) in a rut …

    Combinatory dictionary

  • 50rut- — Ⅰ s. rut Ⅰ germ., Verb; nhd. zerfallen (Verb), verrotten; Ⅱ s. rut Ⅱ germ.?, Verb; nhd. lockern, losreißen; …

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