n. | 1. | (Physiol.) Sexual desire or strus of deer, cattle, and various other mammals; heat; also, the period during which the strus exists. |
2. | Roaring, as of waves breaking upon the shore; rote. See Rote. | |
v. i. | 1. | To have a strong sexual impulse at the reproductive period; - said of deer, cattle, etc. |
v. t. | 1. | To cover in copulation. |
n. | 1. | A track worn by a wheel or by habitual passage of anything; a groove in which anything runs. Also used figuratively. |
v. t. | 1. | To make a rut or ruts in; - chiefly used as a past participle or a participial adj.; |
Noun | 1. | ![]() |
2. | rut - a settled and monotonous routine that is hard to escape; "they fell into a conversational rut" Synonyms: groove | |
3. | rut - applies to nonhuman mammals: a state or period of heightened sexual arousal and activity | |
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; "furrow soil" |