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rut
 
Noun rut has 3 senses
  1. rut - a groove or furrow (especially one in soft earth caused by wheels)
    --1 is a kind of     groove, channel
    Derived form: verb rut2
  2. rut, groove - a settled and monotonous routine that is hard to escape; "they fell into a conversational rut"
    --2 is a kind of routine, modus operandi
  3. estrus, oestrus, heat, rut - applies to nonhuman mammals: a state or period of heightened sexual arousal and activity
    --3 is a kind of physiological state, physiological condition
    Derived form: verb rut1
Verb rut has 2 senses
  1. rut - be in a state of sexual excitement; of male mammals
    --1 is one way to     be
    Derived form: noun rut3
    Sample sentence:
    Something ----s
  2. furrow, rut, groove - hollow out in the form of a furrow or groove; "furrow soil"
    --2 is one way to dig, delve, cut into, turn over
    Derived form: noun rut1
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Something ----s something
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