rut

Nouns

  • (n) a groove or furrow (especially one in soft earth caused by wheels)
  • (n) a settled and monotonous routine that is hard to escape
    • they fell into a conversational rut
    groove,
  • (n) applies to nonhuman mammals: a state or period of heightened sexual arousal and activity estrus, oestrus, heat,

Verbs

  • (v) be in a state of sexual excitement; of male mammals
  • (v) hollow out in the form of a furrow or groove
    • furrow soil
    furrow, groove,

Synonyms

groove furrow estrus oestrus heat

Antonyms

anestrum anestrus anoestrum anoestrus

Words of close approximity

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RA Rb R.C. re RF Rg RH RI RN Ro Ru R.V. RV
rad RAF rag raj ram rap RAS rat raw ray RBC rbi Reb red ref REM rep RES ret rev Rex RFD RHD rho rib rid rig rim Rio rip rit. RNA rob roc rod roe ROI ROM Ron rot row rpm rub rue RUF rug rum run Rus rya rye
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