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Audio Help [ruht] Pronunciation Key, noun, verb, rut·ted, rut·ting.
Audio Help [ruht] Pronunciation Key, noun, verb, rut·ted, rut·ting. –noun
–verb (used with object)
| 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 unpromising: to fall into a rut. |
| 4. | to make a rut or ruts in; furrow. |
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Audio Help [ruht] Pronunciation Key, noun, verb, rut·ted, rut·ting.
Audio Help [ruht] Pronunciation Key, noun, verb, rut·ted, rut·ting. –noun
–verb (used without object)
| 1. | the periodically recurring sexual excitement of the deer, goat, sheep, etc. |
| 2. | to be in the condition of rut. |
[Origin: 1375–1425; late ME rutte < MF rut, ruit < LL rugītus a roaring, equiv. to L rugī(re) to roar + -tus suffix of v. action]
] | Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2006. |
| rut 1
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n.
tr.v. rut·ted, rut·ting, ruts To furrow. [Possibly alteration of route.] |
| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition Copyright © 2006 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
| rut 2
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n.
intr.v. rut·ted, rut·ting, ruts To be in rut. [Middle English rutte, from Old French rut, from Vulgar Latin *rūgitus, from *rūgere, to roar, from Latin rūgīre, to roar.] |
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rut (1)
"track," 1580, probably from M.E. route (see route); though OED finds this "improbable." metaphoric meaning "narrow, monotonous routine" first attested 1839.
| Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper |
rut (2)
"animal mating season" (originally of deer), c.1410, from O.Fr. rut, ruit, from L.L. rutigum (nom. rugitus) "a bellowing," from pp. of L. rugire "to bellow." The verb is recorded from c.1625.
| Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper |
| rut | |
noun | |
| 1. | a groove or furrow (especially one in soft earth caused by wheels) |
| 2. | a settled and monotonous routine that is hard to escape; "they fell into a conversational rut" |
| 3. | applies to nonhuman mammals: a state or period of heightened sexual arousal and activity [syn: estrus] [ant: anestrum] |
verb | |
| 1. | be in a state of sexual excitement; of male mammals |
| 2. | hollow out in the form of a furrow or groove; "furrow soil" [syn: furrow] |
| WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University. |
rut
see in a rut.
| The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer. Copyright © 1997 by The Christine Ammer 1992 Trust. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. |
rut [rat] noun
a deep track made by a wheel etc in soft ground
Example: The road was full of ruts.
See also: rutted, in a rutExample: The road was full of ruts.
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| Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary, © 2000-2006 K Dictionaries Ltd. |
Main Entry: 1rut
Pronunciation: 'r&t
Function: noun
1 : an annually recurrent state of sexual excitement in the male deer;broadly : sexual excitement in a mammal (as estrus in the female) especially when periodic
2 : the period during which rut normally occurs —often used withthe
| Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc. |
Main Entry: 2rut
Function: intransitive verb
Inflected Forms: rut·ted; rut·ting
: to be in or enter into a state of rut
| Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc. |
Rut
Rote\, n. [Cf. Rut roaring.] The noise produced by the surf of the sea dashing upon the shore. See Rut.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
Rut
Rote\, n. [Cf. Rut roaring.] The noise produced by the surf of the sea dashing upon the shore. See Rut.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
Rut
Rote\, n. [OF. rote, F. route, road, path. See Route, and cf. Rut a furrow, Routine.] A frequent repetition of forms of speech without attention to the meaning; mere repetition; as, to learn rules by rote. --Swift. till he the first verse could [i. e., knew] all by rote. --Chaucer. Thy love did read by rote, and could not spell. --Shak.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
Rut
Route\ (r[=oo]t or rout; 277), n. [OE. & F. route, OF. rote, fr. L. rupta (sc. via), fr. ruptus, p. p. of rumpere to break; hence, literally, a broken or beaten way or path. See Rout, and cf. Rut a track.] The course or way which is traveled or passed, or is to be passed; a passing; a course; a road or path; a march. Wide through the furzy field their route they take. --Gay.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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