[ruht] 
,noun, verb, rut⋅ted, rut⋅ting.| 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. |
[ruht] ,noun, verb, rut⋅ted, rut⋅ting.| 1. | the periodically recurring sexual excitement of the deer, goat, sheep, etc. |
| 2. | to be in the condition of rut. |
| rut 1 (rŭt) n.
To furrow. [Possibly alteration of route.] |
| rut 2 (rŭt) n.
To be in rut. [Middle English rutte, from Old French rut, from Vulgar Latin *rūgitus, from *rūgere, to roar, from Latin rūgīre, to roar.] |