Meaning of RUT
| Pronunciation: | | rut
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- [n] a settled and monotonous routine that is hard to escape; "they fell into a conversational rut"
- [n] a groove or furrow (especially one in soft earth caused by wheels)
- [n] applies to nonhuman mammals: a state or period of heightened sexual arousal and activity
- [v] hollow out in the form of a furrow or groove; "furrow soil"
- [v] be in a state of sexual excitement; of male mammals
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| | Synonyms: | | estrus, furrow, groove, groove, heat, oestrus |
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| | Antonyms: | | anestrum, anestrus, anoestrum, anoestrus | | |
| | See Also: | | be, channel, cut into, delve, dig, groove, modus operandi, physiological condition, physiological state, routine, turn over | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\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\, 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\, v. t.
To cover in copulation. --Dryden.
\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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