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rut

1  [ruht] ,noun, verb, rut⋅ted, rut⋅ting.
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–noun
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.
–verb (used with object)
4. to make a rut or ruts in; furrow.
Origin:
1570–80; perh. var. of route

rut

2  [ruht] ,noun, verb, rut⋅ted, rut⋅ting.
–noun
1. the periodically recurring sexual excitement of the deer, goat, sheep, etc.
–verb (used without object)
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
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rut 1   (rŭt)   
n.  
  1. A sunken track or groove made by the passage of vehicles.
  2. A fixed, usually boring routine.
tr.v.   rut·ted, rut·ting, ruts
To furrow.

[Possibly alteration of route.]
rut 2   (rŭt)   
n.  
  1. An annually recurring condition or period of sexual excitement and reproductive activity in male deer.
  2. A condition or period of mammalian sexual activity, such as estrus.
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

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 the [oe]strus exists.

2. Roaring, as of waves breaking upon the shore; rote. See Rote.

Rut

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.

Rut

Rut\, v. t. To cover in copulation. --Dryden.

Rut

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.
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Language Translation for : rut
Spanish: surco, bache,
German: die Furche,
Japanese: 車の跡
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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.

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.
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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

Main Entry: 2rut
Function: intransitive verb
Inflected Forms: rut·ted; rut·ting
: to be in or enter into a state of rut
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rut

see in a rut.

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