rut

1. 1.

   be in a state of sexual excitement; of male mammals

   Broaderbe
2. 2.

   hollow out in the form of a furrow or groove

   “furrow soil”

   Synonymsfurrowgroove

   Broaderdig

Other forms of rut

plural

ruts·

past tense or participle

rutted

present participle

rutting

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about rut

What does rut mean?

rut means "a groove or furrow (especially one in soft earth caused by wheels)". That is the primary sense; the word has 5 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in rut?

rut has 1 syllable: rut. In IPA it is /ˈɹʌt/.

What is another word for rut?

Close synonyms include groove, estrus, oestrus, heat, furrow. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is rut a common word?

rut is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.