Rut
Rut , noun
[French rut, Old French ruit, Latin rugitus a roaring, from rugire to roar; -- so called from the noise made by deer in rutting time.]
1.
(Physiology) Sexual desire or oestrus of deer, cattle, and various other mammals; heat; also, the period during which the oestrus exists.
2.
Roaring, as of waves breaking upon the shore; rote. See Rote.
Rut , intransitive verb
To have a strong sexual impulse at the reproductive period; -- said of deer, cattle, etc.
Rut , transitive verb
To cover in copulation. — Dryden
Rut , noun
[variant of route.]
A track worn by a wheel or by habitual passage of anything; a groove in which anything runs. Also used figuratively.
Rut , transitive verb
To make a rut or ruts in; -- chiefly used as a past participle or a participial adj.; as, a rutted road.