Definition of Rut

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Definition of Rut

Rut

Sexual desire or oestrus of deer, cattle, and various other mammals; heat; also, the period during which the oestrus exists.

Roaring, as of waves breaking upon the shore; rote. See Rote.

To have a strong sexual impulse at the reproductive period; -- said of deer, cattle, etc.

To cover in copulation.

A track worn by a wheel or by habitual passage of anything; a groove in which anything runs. Also used figuratively.

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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Rut Quotations

Many people are in a rut and a rut is nothing but a grave - with both ends kicked out.
Vance Havner

The path of least resistance and least trouble is a mental rut already made. It requires troublesome work to undertake the alternation of old beliefs.
John Dewey

Those movies sure got me into a rut.
Elvis Presley

Habit is necessary; it is the habit of having habits, of turning a trail into a rut, that must be incessantly fought against if one is to remain alive.
Edith Wharton

The great advantage of being in a rut is that when one is in a rut, one knows exactly where one is.
Arnold Bennett

There must be people who remember World War II and the Holocaust who can help us get out of this rut.
Martin Scorsese

A lot of artists who have a certain style are expected to more or less keep doing their style. It's so easy to get into that rut of production.
Laurie Anderson

I visited those friends who'd just had a baby, and she was washing dishes and he was cleaning the house, and I burst with happiness. And in their minds, they were in this terrible domestic rut.
Josh Lucas

You know, it was uncomfortable doing the same thing. I don't like a rut.
Ruben Blades

If you feel like you're getting into a rut with a song, a night off usually fixes it.
Levon Helm

Rut Translations

rut in German is Wagenspur

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