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   There are five meanings listed in OED's entry for the noun rut. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.

2. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishRUT definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

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   May 20, 2024 · 1. a groove or furrow in a soft road, caused by wheels. 2. any deep mark, hole, or groove. 3. a narrow or predictable way of life, set of attitudes, etc; dreary or undeviating routine (esp in the phrase in a rut ) verb Word forms: ruts, rutting, rutted.

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   What does the verb rut mean? There are four meanings listed in OED's entry for the verb rut, three of which are labelled obsolete. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence. This word is used in eastern English regional dialect.

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

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   What does rut mean?

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   Are You in a rut?

   • If a rut is deep enough, you could get stuck in it, which may be why the word has another meaning. If your life has become boring, stale, and monotonous, you're in a rut. Someone who works the same job for decades may feel like they're in a rut and need to make a change.

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   What does rut mean in driving?

   • Try something new from time to time, and you won’t get bored. A rut is a groove or narrow track pressed into a dirt road that catches the wheel of a vehicle and forces the vehicle to go in a restricted path that the driver is unable to alter. The expression connotes going in a direction or doing an activity without being able to vary it.

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   When was rut first used?

   • 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.

   rut, n.² meanings, etymology and more | Oxford English Dictionary

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   noun. a settled and monotonous routine that is hard to escape. “they fell into a conversational rut ” synonyms: groove. see more. noun. applies to nonhuman mammals: a state or period of heightened sexual arousal and activity. synonyms: estrus, heat, oestrus. see more. verb. be in a state of sexual excitement; of male mammals. see more.

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   There are three meanings listed in OED's entry for the verb rut. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.

8. dictionary.cambridge.org › us › dictionaryRUT | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

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   rut noun (SEXUALLY ACTIVE PERIOD) [ S ] the period of the year during which particular male animals, especially deer and sheep, are sexually active: During the rut, stags can be seen fighting for females. in rut.