I. ˈrət, usu -d.+V noun
( -s )
Etymology: Middle English rutte, from Middle French rut, ruit noise, roar, rut, from Late Latin rugitus roar, from Latin, past participle of rugire to roar — more at bruit
1. : an annually recurrent state of sexual excitement in the male deer ; broadly : sexual excitement in a mammal especially when recurring periodically : estrus , heat
2. : the period during which rut occurs in most sexually mature members of a natural population — often used with the
II. intransitive verb
( rutted ; rutted ; rutting ; ruts )
: to be in or enter into a state of rut
III. noun
( -s )
Etymology: perhaps modification of Middle French route way, route, track of an animal — more at route
1. : a track worn by a wheel or by habitual passage of anything : a groove in which anything runs
ruts of the wagon trains are still to be seen — Veda Conner
broadly : channel , furrow
ruts of old stream beds
ruts in wrinkled skin
2. : a usual or fixed practice : a regular course ; especially : an especially monotonous routine method of action or procedure from which one is not easily stirred
shock of death had pushed men's minds out of habitual ruts — Dixon Wecter
fall into a conversational rut
IV. transitive verb
( rutted ; rutted ; rutting ; ruts )
: to make a rut in : furrow
wagon trains were rutting the prairies — American Guide Series: Texas
the rutted snow underfoot — I.S.Cobb
rutted his brow
V.
variant of rote
VI. noun
or ruth “
( -s )
Etymology: Hindi rath, from Sanskrit ratha wagon, chariot — more at roll
1. : a carriage drawn by a pony or by oxen
2. : a cart for carrying images in a procession