Word Meaning

rut definition and meaning

n. Sexual desire or oestrus of deer, cattle, and various other mammals; heat; also, the period during which the oestrus exists.
n. Roaring, as of waves breaking upon the shore; rote. See Rote.
v. i. To have a strong sexual impulse at the reproductive period; -- said of deer, cattle, etc.
v. t. To cover in copulation.
n. A track worn by a wheel or by habitual passage of anything; a groove in which anything runs. Also used figuratively.
v. t. To make a rut or ruts in; -- chiefly used as a past participle or a participial adj.; as, a rutted road.

Crossword clues for rut

- Bored, stuck in a ...
- Daily grind
- Dreary routine
- Furrow
- Groove
- Groove in track
- Losing her humble beginnings, Ruth found her groove
- Narrow groove
- Small gutter
- Trout to leave channel