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  5  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Rut  \Rut\,  n.  [F.  rut,  OF  ruit,  L.  rugitus  a  roaring,  fr 
  rugire  to  roar;  --  so  called  from  the  noise  made  by  deer  in 
  rutting  time.] 
  1.  (Physiol.)  Sexual  desire  or  [oe]strus  of  deer,  cattle,  and 
  various  other  mammals;  heat;  also  the  period  during  which 
  the  [oe]strus  exists. 
 
  2.  Roaring,  as  of  waves  breaking  upon  the  shore;  rote.  See 
  {Rote}. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Rut  \Rut\,  v.  i.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Rutted};  p.  pr  &  vb  n. 
  {Rutting}.] 
  To  have  a  strong  sexual  impulse  at  the  reproductive  period; 
  --  said  of  deer,  cattle,  etc 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Rut  \Rut\,  v.  t. 
  To  cover  in  copulation.  --Dryden. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Rut  \Rut\,  n.  [variant  of  route.] 
  A  track  worn  by  a  wheel  or  by  habitual  passage  of  anything  a 
  groove  in  which  anything  runs.  Also  used  figuratively. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  rut 
  n  1:  a  groove  or  furrow  (especially  one  in  soft  earth  caused  by 
  wheels) 
  2:  a  settled  and  monotonous  routine  that  is  hard  to  escape; 
  "they  fell  into  a  conversational  rut"  [syn:  {groove}] 
  3:  applies  to  nonhuman  mammals:  a  state  or  period  of  heightened 
  sexual  arousal  and  activity  [syn:  {estrus},  {oestrus},  {heat}] 
  [ant:  {anestrus}] 
  v  1:  be  in  a  state  of  sexual  excitement;  of  male  mammals 
  2:  hollow  out  in  the  form  of  a  furrow  or  groove;  "furrow  soil" 
  [syn:  {furrow},  {groove}]




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