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rut as a noun: - 1
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rutted
adjective
1 rutted
Full of ruts.
synonym: rutty.
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;
corduroy road,
cradle hole.
channel,
gutter,
trench,
ditch,
dike,
dyke;
moat,
fosse†,
trough,
kennel;
ravine
etc.
(interval)
198;
tajo [U.S.],
thank-ye-ma'am [U.S.].
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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;
beaten path,
beaten track,
beaten ground.
prescription,
custom,
use,
usage,
immemorial usage,
practice;
prevalence,
observance;
conventionalism,
conventionality;
mode,
fashion,
vogue;
etiquette
etc.
(gentility)
852;
order of the day,
cry;
conformity
etc.
82;
consuetude,
dustoor†.
one's old way,
old school,
veteris vestigia flammae [Lat.];
laudator temporis acti [Lat.].
rule,
standing order,
precedent,
routine;
red-tape,
red-tapism†;
pipe clay;
rut,
groove.
cacoethes [Lat.];
bad habit,
confirmed habit,
inveterate habit,
intrinsic habit
&c.;
addiction,
trick.
training
etc.
(education)
537;
seasoning,
second nature,
acclimatization;
knack
etc.
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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,
mating,
coitus,
sex;
lovemaking,
marital relations,
sexual union;
sleeping together,
carnal knowledge.
sex instinct,
sex drive,
libido,
lust,
concupiscence;
hots,
horns [Coll.];
arousal,
heat,
rut,
estrus,
oestrus;
tumescence;
erection,
hard-on,
boner.
masturbation,
self-gratification,
autoeroticism,
onanism,
self-abuse.
orgasm,
climax,
ejaculation.
sexiness,
attractiveness;
sensuality,
voluptuousness.
[sexual intercourse outside of marriage]
fornication,
adultery.
[person who is sexy]
sex symbol,
sex goddess;
stud,
hunk.
one-night stand.
pornography,
porn,
porno;
hardcore pornography,
softcore pornography;
pin-up,
cheesecake;
beefcake;
[magazines with sexual photos],
Playboy,
Esquire,
Hustler.
[unorthodox sexual activity]
perversion,
deviation,
sexual abnormality;
fetish,
fetishism;
homosexuality,
lesbianism,
bisexuality;
sodomy,
buggery;
pederasty;
sadism.
masochism,
sado-masochism;
incest.
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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, chinoiserie, chisel, chuckhole, come in, corrugate, corrugation, crack, cranny, crimp, cut, dado, daily grind, desire, dike, ditch, engrave, engraving, esplanade, estral cycle, estruate, estruation, estrum, estrus, fastwalk, fever, fever heat, fever of excitement, fire, flute, fluting, foot pavement, footpath, footway, furrow, fury of lust, garden path, gash, goffer, gouge, grind, groove, gully, heat, hiking trail, incise, incision, itch for, jog trot, lust, lust after, mall, microgroove, mudhole, pace, parade, path, pathway, pitchhole, pleat, plow, pothole, prado, promenade, public walk, rabbet, red tape, red-tapeism, rifle, rifling, rote, round, routine, ruck, run, runway, score, scratch, sexual excitement, sidewalk, sinkhole, slit, squirrel cage, streak, stria, striate, striation, sulcation, sulcus, towing path, towpath, track, trail, treadmill, trench, trottoir, trough, walk, walkway, well-worn groove, wrinkle ... show more.
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