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rut

noun

1 rut

A groove or furrow (especially one in soft earth caused by wheels).

Polish: koleina

2 rut

A settled and monotonous routine that is hard to escape:
— They fell into a conversational rut.

synonym: groove.

Roget 259: furrow, groove, rut, sulcus [Anat.], scratch, streak, striae, crack, score, incision, slit; chamfer, fluting; ... show more

Roget 613: habit, habitude; assuetude, assuefaction, wont; run, way.    common state of things, general state of things, natural state of things, ordinary state of things, ordinary course of things, ordinary run of things; matter of course; ... show more

Dutch: karrenspoor, sleur

3 rut

Applies to nonhuman mammals: a state or period of heightened sexual arousal and activity.

synonyms: estrus, heat, oestrus.

Roget 374a: sex, sexuality, gender; male, masculinity, maleness etc. 373; female, femininity etc. 374.    sexual intercourse, copulation, ... show more

Dutch: bronst
Polish: ruja, cieczka

verb

1 rut

Be in a state of sexual excitement; of male mammals.

2 rut

Hollow out in the form of a furrow or groove.

synonyms: furrow, groove.


Moby thesaurus: alameda, be in heat, beat, beaten path, beaten track, berm, bezel, bicycle path, boardwalk, bridle path, bureaucracy, bureaucratism, canal, canalize, carve, catwalk, chamfer, channel, chase, chink ... show more.

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