rut

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n.

1. A sunken track or groove made by the passage of vehicles.
2. A fixed, usually boring routine.

tr.v., rut·ted, rut·ting, ruts.

To furrow.

[Possibly alteration of ROUTE.]

rut² (rŭt)
n.

1. An annually recurring condition or period of sexual excitement and reproductive activity in male deer.
2. A condition or period of mammalian sexual activity, such as estrus.

intr.v., rut·ted, rut·ting, ruts.

To be in rut.

[Middle English rutte, from Old French rut, from Vulgar Latin *rūgitus, from *rūgere, to roar, from Latin rūgīre, to roar.]

noun

A habitual, laborious, often tiresome course of action: routine, treadmill. Informal grind. Slang groove. See usual/unusual.

rut²

noun

A regular period of sexual excitement in female mammals: estrus, heat, season. See sex/asexual.

n

Definition: groove, indentation
Antonyms: closing

n

Definition: routine of daily life
Antonyms: break, difference

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The period of increased sexual activity occurring in the autumn (fall) in some male mammals, especially deer and elephants. It is accompanied by increased testicular activity, especially spermatogenesis, and in deer by shedding of the antlers and a marked increase in vocalizing and aggression. The vocalizing is a distinctive deep roar known as ‘the rut’. The aggressive actions have the effect of keeping attending females close and competing males at a distance.

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Dansk (Danish)
1.
n. - hjulspor
v. tr. - lave hjulspor (i)

idioms:

• in a rut    følge samme spor, hænge fast i samme spor

2.
n. - brunst
v. intr. - være brunstig, være i brunst

Nederlands (Dutch)
sleur, karrenspoor, bronst(tijd)

Français (French)
1.
n. - ornière, routine
v. tr. - creuser des sillons dans (la terre), faire des ornières dans

idioms:

• in a rut    (être enlisé) dans la routine

2.
n. - (Zool) rut
v. intr. - (Zool) être en rut

Deutsch (German)
1.
n. - Spur
v. - furchen

idioms:

• in a rut    im (Alltags)trott

2.
n. - Brunst, Brunft
v. - brunften, in Brunst sein

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - αυλάκωση, αυλάκι, τροχιά, σημάδι από ρόδα, ρουτίνα, αποτελμάτωση, βαρβατίλα, οργασμός ζώων
v. - βαρβατεύω, γαυριάζω

idioms:

• in a rut    σε ρουτίνα

Italiano (Italian)
trantran, rotaia, essere in fregola

idioms:

• in a rut    in fregola

Português (Portuguese)
n. - sulco (m)

idioms:

• in a rut    rotina (f)

Русский (Russian)
колея, выбоина, брачный период, прокладывать колею, рутина

idioms:

• in a rut    погрязнуть в рутине

Español (Spanish)
1.
n. - surco, carril, rodada, ranura, bache
v. tr. - surcar, rodar, transitar

idioms:

• in a rut    ser esclavo de la rutina

2.
n. - celo
v. intr. - estar en celo

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - hjulspår, vana
v. - följa ett lagt spår

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
1. 车辙, 凹痕, 槽, 常规, 定例, 惯例, 在...形成车辙, 在...挖槽

idioms:

• in a rut    陷入老套, 开始墨守成规

2. 发情, 发情期, 动情

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
1.
n. - 車轍, 凹痕, 槽, 常規, 定例, 慣例
v. tr. - 在...形成車轍, 在...挖槽

idioms:

• in a rut    陷入老套, 開始墨守成規

2.
n. - 發情, 發情期
v. intr. - 發情, 動情

한국어 (Korean)
1.
n. - 바퀴자국, 상습
v. tr. - 바퀴 자국을 내다, 흠을 내다

idioms:

• in a rut    판에 박힌 일

2.
n. - 발정, 발정기
v. intr. - 암내나다, 발정하다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 轍, 決まりきったやり方, 発情, 溝, 常例
v. - …にわだちを付ける

idioms:

• in a rut    型にはまった

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) طريق, مجرى, قناة (فعل) يحفر, يخدد‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮חריץ באדמה שהוטבע ע"י גלגלים, שגרה, חיי שגרה‬
v. tr. - ‮הותיר חריצים (באדמה)‬
n. - ‮עונת הייחום אצל צבאים וכמה יונקים אחרים‬
v. intr. - ‮היה בעונת הייחום‬

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