rut

1. n. Sexual desire or oestrus of deer, cattle, and various other mammals; heat; also, the period during which the oestrus exists. Source: opted

2. n. Roaring, as of waves breaking upon the shore; rote. See Rote. Source: opted

3. v. i. To have a strong sexual impulse at the reproductive period; -- said of deer, cattle, etc. Source: opted

4. v. t. To cover in copulation. Source: opted

5. n. A track worn by a wheel or by habitual passage of anything; a groove in which anything runs. Also used figuratively. Source: opted

6. v. t. To make a rut or ruts in; -- chiefly used as a past participle or a participial adj.; as, a rutted road. Source: opted

7. n. a groove or furrow (especially one in soft earth caused by wheels) Source: wordnet

8. n. a settled and monotonous routine that is hard to escape Source: wordnet

9. n. applies to nonhuman mammals: a state or period of heightened sexual arousal and activity Source: wordnet

10. v. be in a state of sexual excitement; of male mammals Source: wordnet

11. v. hollow out in the form of a furrow or groove Source: wordnet

12. 1. (Physiol.) Sexual desire or oestrus of deer, cattle, and various other mammals; heat; also, the period during which the oestrus exists. 2. Roaring, as of waves breaking upon the shore; rote. See Rote. To have a strong sexual impulse at the reproductive period; -- said of deer, cattle, etc. To cover in copulation. Dryden. A track worn by a wheel or by habitual passage of anything; a groove in which anything runs. Also used figuratively. in a rut. To make a rut or ruts in; -- chiefly used as a past participle or a participial adj; as, a rutted road. Source: webster

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