Dictonary and Thesaurus

Definition of Rut

(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.

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