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• rut — [rʌt] n [Sense: 1 2; Date: 1500 1600; Origin: Perhaps from Old French route; ROUTE1] [Sense: 3; Date: 1100 1200; : Old French; Origin: loud sound made by a deer , from Latin rugire to roar ] 1.) …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• rut — rut1 [rut] n. [< ? MFr route,ROUTE] 1. a groove, furrow, or track, esp. one made in the ground by the passage of wheeled vehicles 2. a fixed, routine course of action, thought, etc., esp. one regarded as monotonous vt. rutted, rutting to make… …   English World dictionary

• rut — [ rʌt ] noun 1. ) count usually singular a situation that is boring and difficult to change: be (stuck) in a rut: If you re in a rut, change jobs. 2. ) count a deep narrow mark in the ground made by a wheel: I had to walk in frozen ruts in the… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• RUT — rapid urease test * * * rut rət n 1) an annually recurrent state of sexual excitement in the male deer broadly sexual excitement in a mammal (as estrus in the female) esp. when periodic 2) the period during which rut normally occurs often used… …   Medical dictionary

• rut — nm. : chalò, shalò <chaleur> nf. (Albanais.001), shaleu (001, Arvillard.228, Cordon.083), staleû (St Nicolas Cha.125b) || stôda nf. (125a). E. : Saillir. A) être en chaleur (ep. des animaux en général) : A1) v, être en rut chaleur // rut :… …   Dictionnaire Français-Savoyard

• Rut (mammalian reproduction) — The Rut is the period of time when antlered ungulates mate. Ungulates include deer, sheep, elk, moose, caribou, ibex, goats, pronghorn and Asian and African antelope. During the rut (also known as the rutting period), males (terms include buck… …   Wikipedia

• rut — UK [rʌt] / US noun Word forms rut : singular rut plural ruts 1) [countable, usually singular] a situation that is boring and difficult to change be (stuck) in a rut: If you re in a rut, change jobs. 2) [countable] a deep narrow mark in the ground …   English dictionary

• rut — I. noun Etymology: Middle English rutte, from Middle French ruit rut, disturbance, from Late Latin rugitus roar, from Latin rugire to roar; akin to Middle Irish rucht roar, Old Church Slavic rŭžati to neigh Date: 15th century 1. an annually… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• rut — noun 1 (C) a deep narrow track left in soft ground by a wheel 2 in a rut living or working in a situation that never changes, so that you feel bored: be stuck in a rut: I was stuck in a rut, and decided to look for a new job. 3 the rut technical… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• rut — 1. n. & v. n. 1 a deep track made by the passage of wheels. 2 an established (esp. tedious) mode of practice or procedure. v.tr. (rutted, rutting) mark with ruts. Phrases and idioms: in a rut following a fixed (esp. tedious or dreary) pattern of… …   Useful english dictionary

• rut — An elongated and comparatively narrow depression in the surface of a highway. 25 Am J1st High § 488. A fixed, although not necessarily the best, routine or course of practice. Sexual excitement of the male deer, goat, or sheep at regular periods …   Ballentine's law dictionary