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Definitions for Rut

[1] a furrow or track in the ground, especially 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.
[5] the periodically recurring sexual excitement of the deer, goat, sheep, etc.
[6] to be in the condition of rut.
[7] a groove or furrow in a soft road, caused by wheels
[8] any deep mark, hole, or groove
[9] a narrow or predictable way of life, set of attitudes, etc; dreary or undeviating routine (esp in the phrase in a rut )
[10] (tr) to make a rut or ruts in
[11] a recurrent period of sexual excitement and reproductive activity in certain male ruminants, such as the deer, that corresponds to the period of oestrus in females
[12] another name for oestrus
[13] (intr) (of male ruminants) to be in a period of sexual excitement and activity

Words related to Rut

gouge, track, hollow, trench, pothole, score, trough, furrow, rabbet, wont, rote, humdrum, habit, pattern, practice, system, custom, course, pace, circuit

Words nearby Rut

rustproof, rustproofing, rusty, rusty blackbird, rusty sputum, rut, rutabaga, rutaceous, ruth, ruth, babe, ruthenia

Origin of Rut

21375–1425; late Middle English rutte < Middle French rut, ruit < Late Latin rugītus a roaring, equivalent to Latin rugī(re ) to roar + -tus suffix of v. action

Word origin for Rut

C15: from Old French rut noise, roar, from Latin rugītus , from rugīre to roar

Synonyms for Rut

furrow, gouge, hollow, pothole, rabbet, score, track, trench, trough