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rut
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rut 1  (rt)
n.
1. A sunken track or groove made by the passage of vehicles.
2. A fixed, usually boring routine.
tr.v. rut·ted, rut·ting, ruts
To furrow.

[Possibly alteration of route.]

rut 2  (rt)
n.
1. An annually recurring condition or period of sexual excitement and reproductive activity in male deer.
2. A condition or period of mammalian sexual activity, such as estrus.
intr.v. rut·ted, rut·ting, ruts
To be in rut.

[Middle English rutte, from Old French rut, from Vulgar Latin *rgitus, from *rgere, to roar, from Latin rgre, to roar.]

rut 1
Noun
1. a groove or furrow in a soft road, caused by wheels
2. dull settled habits or way of living: his career was in a rut [probably from French route road]

rut 2
Noun
a recurrent period of sexual excitement in certain male ruminants
Verb
[rutting, rutted]
(of male ruminants) to be in a period of sexual excitement [Old French rut noise, roar]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.rutrut - a groove or furrow (especially one in soft earth caused by wheels)
groove, channel - a long narrow furrow cut either by a natural process (such as erosion) or by a tool (as e.g. a groove in a phonograph record)
2.rut - a settled and monotonous routine that is hard to escape; "they fell into a conversational rut"
modus operandi, routine - an unvarying or habitual method or procedure
3.rutrut - applies to nonhuman mammals: a state or period of heightened sexual arousal and activity
physical condition, physiological condition, physiological state - the condition or state of the body or bodily functions
Verb1.rut - be in a state of sexual excitement; of male mammals
be - have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun); "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer"
2.rut - hollow out in the form of a furrow or groove; "furrow soil"
cut into, delve, dig, turn over - turn up, loosen, or remove earth; "Dig we must"; "turn over the soil for aeration"

rut
noun 1. habit, routine, dead end, humdrum existence, system, pattern, groove
noun 2. groove, score, track, trough, furrow, gouge, pothole, indentation, wheel mark
Translations
rut [rʌt] nsurco;
(ZOOL) → celo;
to be in a rut → ser esclavo de la rutina

rut [rʌt] nornière f;
(Zool) → rut m;
to be in a rut (fig) → suivre l'ornière, s'encroûter

rut [rʌt] n (in path etc) → Furche f;
(Zool) (season) → Brunft f, Brunst f;
to be in a rut (fig) → im Trott stecken

rut [rʌt] nsolco;
(ZOOL) → fregola;
to be in a rut (fig) → essersi fossilizzato/a

rut
n rut [rat]
a deep track made by a wheel etc in soft ground The road was full of ruts. spoor قَناه، أُخْدود бразда vyježděná kolej hjulspor die Furche αυλάκι surco, bache roobas شیار؛ جای چرخ ura ornière עִקבוֹת גַלגָלִים मदकाल trag (automobila), kolotečina kerékvágás alur hjólfar, skorningur solco 車の跡 바퀴 자국, 차 지나간 자국 vėžė grambas bekas/tapak roda wagenspoor hjulspor koleina sulco făgaş, urmă колея vyjazdená koľaj kolesnica trag od točka hjulspår ร่องทางรถบนถนน derin tekerlek izi 車轍 колія; борозна وہ نالی جو گاڑی کے پہیے سے بن جاتی ہے vết lún sâu của bánh xe
adj rutted
having ruts a deeply-rutted path. gespoor مَليء بالقَنَوات والأخاديد набразден rozježděný med hjulspor gefurcht αυλακωμένος surcado, lleno de surcos/baches roopaline tee غیر مسطح و ناصاف urautunut sillonné d'ornières מְחוֹרָץ प्रथा चलाना izrovan kolotečinama bevágott beralur með djúpum hjólförum/skorningum solcato 跡のついた 바퀴 자국이 난 išvažinėtas izbraukts; grambains penuh dengan kesan roda met voren med hjulspor i pobrużdżony sulcado brăzdat de făgaşe изрытый колеями vyjazdený razbrazdan izbrazdan med hjulspår, sönderkörd ซึ่งเป็นร่อง tekerlek izli (有)車轍的 зритий коліями نالی سے پر راستہ có vết lún辙的
in a rut
having a fixed, monotonous way of life I felt that I was in a rut, so I changed my job. in 'n groef يعيشُ حياة رَتيبَة مُمِلَّه в застой ustrnulý rutine immer im gleichen Trott ρουτινιασμένος de la esclavo rutina rutiinis برنامه یکنواخت urautunut encroûté שִׁגרָה रोजमर्रा के कार्यों में व्यस्त रहना živjeti ustaljenim načinom, upasti u rutinu taposómalomban hidup yang membosankan hjakka í sama farinu (prigioniero della routine) 型にはまる 틀에 박힌 생활을 하여 monotoniškai, nuobodžiai gyvenantis rutīnas pārņemts keadaan tanpa perubahan in een sleur stivne i gammel rutine w kieracie numa rotina stil de viaţă monoton погрязнуть в рутине (dostať sa) do starých koľají hoditi po uhojenih poteh u kolotečini i gamla hjulspår มีชีวิตที่น่าเบื่อ ซ้ำซาก tekdüzelikte, dar bir çerçevede 墨守陳規 маючий рутинне життя ایک جیسی زندگی ہونا buồn tẻ


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