English dictionary

rut

/r/@/t/

Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

noun

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

noun.shape

Source: WordNet 3.0
a settled and monotonous routine that is hard to escape

noun.act

Examples
They fell into a conversational rut.

Synonyms groove

Source: WordNet 3.0
applies to nonhuman mammals: a state or period of heightened sexual arousal and activity

noun.state

Synonyms estrus heat oestrus

Antonyms anestrum anestrus anoestrum anoestrus

Source: WordNet 3.0
Sexual desire or &oelig;strus of deer, cattle, and various other mammals; heat; also, the period during which the &oelig;strus exists.

noun

Source: webster1913
A track worn by a wheel or by habitual passage of anything; a groove in which anything runs. Also used figuratively.

noun

Source: webster1913

be in a state of sexual excitement; of male mammals

verb.stative

Source: WordNet 3.0
hollow out in the form of a furrow or groove

verb.contact

Synonyms furrow groove

Source: WordNet 3.0
To have a strong sexual impulse at the reproductive period; -- said of deer, cattle, etc.

verb

Source: webster1913
To cover in copulation.

verb

Source: webster1913
To make a rut or ruts in; -- chiefly used as a past participle or a participial adj.; as, a <i>rutted</i> road.

verb

Source: webster1913