(~s)
1.
If you say that someone is in a ~, you disapprove of the fact that they have become fixed in their way of thinking and doing things, and find it difficult to change. You can also say that someone’s life or career is in a ~.
I don’t like being in a ~–I like to keep moving on...
N-COUNT: usu sing, usu in a N disapproval
2.
A ~ is a deep, narrow mark made in the ground by the wheels of a vehicle.
Our driver slowed up as we approached the ~s in the road.
N-COUNT: oft N in n
3.
see also ~ted , ~ting