be in a period of sexual excitement (about animals); create furrows, make grooves
annual period of sexual excitement in some animals (esp. deer); groove, furrow; routine, habitual procedure or course of action
rut
\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 œstrus of deer, cattle, and various other mammals; heat; also, the period during which the œstrus exists.
2. roaring, as of waves breaking upon the shore; rote. see rote.
rut
\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
\rut\, v. t. to cover in copulation.
rut
\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.
rut
n
1. a groove or furrow (especially one in soft earth caused by wheels)
2. a settled and monotonous routine that is hard to escape; "they fell into a conversational rut" [syn: groove]
3. applies to nonhuman mammals: a state or period of heightened sexual arousal and activity [syn: estrus, oestrus, heat]
[ant: anestrus] v 1: be in a state of sexual excitement; of male mammals 2: hollow out in the form of a furrow or groove; "furrow soil" [syn: furrow, groove]
RUT may refer to:
- Rol Único Tributario, the Chilean taxation unique contributor roll identification number
- Rutland Railway, a former railroad in the northeastern United States
- RUT (IATA), a state-owned public-use airport located in North Clarendon, Vermont
- RUT (station code), a railway station that serves Rutherglen, South Lanarkshire, Scotland
- RUT (software), remote control software for Windows
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Rut may refer to:
- Rut (mammalian reproduction), the period of time when certain ungulates mate
- Rut (roads), a depression or groove worn into a road or path
- The Ruts, a reggae-influenced British punk rock band,
- Rut, a village in western Slovenia
- Ticker-symbol for the Russell 2000 Index
- Rho utilization site in genetics
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Noun
1. a groove or furrow (especially one in soft earth caused by wheels)
(hypernym) groove, channel
(derivation) furrow, groove
2. a settled and monotonous routine that is hard to escape; "they fell into a conversational rut"
(synonym) groove
(hypernym) routine, modus operandi
3. applies to nonhuman mammals: a state or period of heightened sexual arousal and activity
(synonym) estrus, oestrus, heat
(hypernym) physiological state, physiological condition
Verb
1. be in a state of sexual excitement; of male mammals
(hypernym) be
(derivation) estrus, oestrus, heat
2. hollow out in the form of a furrow or groove; "furrow soil"
(synonym) furrow, groove
(hypernym) dig, delve, cut into, turn over
Terica = v. to irritate, to rut
adv. sometimes, occasionally
(v. t.)
To make a rut or ruts in; -- chiefly used as a past participle or a participial adj.; as, a rutted road.
(v. t.)
To cover in copulation.
(v. i.)
To have a strong sexual impulse at the reproductive period; -- said of deer, cattle, etc.
(n.)
Sexual desire or oestrus of deer, cattle, and various other mammals; heat; also, the period during which the oestrus exists.
(n.)
Roaring, as of waves breaking upon the shore; rote. See Rote.
(n.)
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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