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  1. Rut definition: a furrow or track in the ground, especially one made by the passage of a vehicle or vehicles.. See examples of RUT used in a sentence.

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  3. stags fighting during the rut see also rutted , rutting Word Origin senses 1 to 2 late 16th cent.: probably from Old French rute ‘road’, from Latin rupta (via) ‘broken (way)’, feminine past participle of rumpere . sense 3 late Middle English: from Old French, from Latin rugitus , from rugire ‘to roar’.

  4. rut. From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Related topics: Roads, Animals rut /rʌt/ noun 1 [ countable] a deep narrow track left in soft ground by a wheel 2 → in a rut 3 [ uncountable] (also the rut) technical the period of the year when some male animals, especially deer, are sexually active in rut a stag in rut Examples from the ...

  5. 2 days ago · rut in American English. (rʌt) (verb rutted, rutting) noun. 1. a furrow or track in the ground, esp. one made by the passage of a vehicle or vehicles. 2. any furrow, groove, etc. 3. a fixed or established mode of procedure or course of life, usually dull or unpromising.

  6. mid 1500s. The earliest known use of the noun rut is in the mid 1500s. OED's earliest evidence for rut is from 1552, in the writing of Richard Huloet, lexicographer. It is also recorded as a verb from the mid 1500s. Probably either (i) formed within English, by conversion. Or perhaps (ii) a variant or alteration of another lexical item.

  7. RUT definition: 1. a deep, narrow mark made in soft ground especially by a wheel 2. the period of the year during…. Learn more.

  8. Define rut. rut synonyms, rut pronunciation, rut translation, English dictionary definition of rut. n. 1. A sunken track or groove made by the passage of vehicles. 2.