Complete Definition of "rut"

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English

Etymology 1
Old French �noise, roar, bellowing�, from Latin rugitus, from rugire �to roar�

Noun
en-noun

  1. Sexual desire or oestrus of cattle, and various other mammals
  2. The annual condition of sexual excitement in deer

Translations
trans-top|Sexual desire or oestrus of cattle, and various other mammals
Finnish: kiima
Português: andada
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trans-top|The annual condition of sexual excitement in deer
Finnish: kiima, kiima-aika
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en-verb|ruts|rutting|rutted

  1. To be in the annual rut

Translations
trans-top|To be in the annual rut
Finnish: olla kiimassa
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Etymology 2
16th century. Probably from French route �road�

Noun
en-noun

  1. A furrow, groove, or track worn in the ground, as from the passage of many wheels along a road.
  2. A fixed routine, procedure, line of conduct, thought or feeling. (See also rutter)

Derived terms
stuck in a rut

Translations
trans-top|A furrow, groove, or track worn in the ground
Finnish: uurre, ura
French: ornière (f)
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trans-top|A fixed routine, procedure, line of conduct, thought or feeling
Finnish: ura
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Verb
en-verb|rut|t|ing

  1. To make a furrow

Translations to be checked
ttbc|Kurdish: telewî, he�erî

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