Overview of noun rut

The noun rut has 3 senses

• rut -- (a groove or furrow (especially one in soft earth caused by wheels))


• rut, groove -- (a settled and monotonous routine that is hard to escape; "they fell into a conversational rut")


• estrus, oestrus, heat, rut -- (applies to nonhuman mammals: a state or period of heightened sexual arousal and activity)

Overview of verb rut

The verb rut has 2 senses

• rut -- (be in a state of sexual excitement; of male mammals)


• furrow, rut, groove -- (hollow out in the form of a furrow or groove; "furrow soil")