rut

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1. rut - Noun

2. rut - Verb

Meaning

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

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.

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

To make a rut or ruts in; -- chiefly used as a past participle or a participial adj.; as, a rutted road.

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furrow soil Source: Internet

they fell into a conversational rut Source: Internet

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Outside of the rut, mixed sex herds can range from as few as three to as many as 180 individuals, while all-male bachelor herds are of typically no more than fifty individuals. Source: Internet

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But recently, Szczesniak said, he started feeling stuck in a rut. Source: Internet

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