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RUT

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected forms: rutted    , rutting   

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A settled and monotonous routine that is hard to escape

Example:

they fell into a conversational rut

Synonyms:

groove; rut

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("rut" is a kind of...):

modus operandi; routine (an unvarying or habitual method or procedure)

Sense 2

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting two and three dimensional shapes

Hypernyms ("rut" is a kind of...):

channel; groove (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))

Derivation:

rut (hollow out in the form of a furrow or groove)

rutty (full of ruts)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Applies to nonhuman mammals: a state or period of heightened sexual arousal and activity

Synonyms:

estrus; heat; oestrus; rut

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("rut" is a kind of...):

physical condition; physiological condition; physiological state (the condition or state of the body or bodily functions)

Derivation:

rut (be in a state of sexual excitement; of male mammals)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Hollow out in the form of a furrow or groove

Example:

furrow soil

Synonyms:

furrow; groove; rut

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "rut" is one way to...):

cut into; delve; dig; turn over (turn up, loosen, or remove earth)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Derivation:

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

Sense 2

Meaning:

Be in a state of sexual excitement; of male mammals

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Hypernyms (to "rut" is one way to...):

be (have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun))

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Derivation:

rut (applies to nonhuman mammals: a state or period of heightened sexual arousal and activity)

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