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- [ruht]
- /rʌt/
- /rʌt/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [ruht]
- /rʌt/
Definitions of rut word
- noun rut the periodically recurring sexual excitement of the deer, goat, sheep, etc. 1
- verb with object rut to make a rut or ruts in; furrow. 1
- verb without object rut to be in the condition of rut. 1
- noun rut in road 1
- noun rut boring situation 1
- noun rut period of sexual activity 1
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Origin of rut
First appearance:
before 1570 One of the 33% oldest English words
First recorded in 1570-80; perhaps variant of route
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Rut
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
rut popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 91% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
rut usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for rut
noun rut
- beaten track — well-trodden path or route
- byway — A byway is a small road which is not used by many cars or people.
- cross-cut — made or used for cutting crosswise.
- crow's-foot — a wrinkle at the outer corner of the eye
- crowfoot — any of several plants of the genus Ranunculus, such as R. sceleratus and R. aquatilis (water crowfoot) that have yellow or white flowers and divided leaves resembling the foot of a crow
verb rut
- cave in — If something such as a roof or a ceiling caves in, it collapses inwards.
- corrugate — to fold or be folded into alternate furrows and ridges
- dished — concave: a dished face.
- dishing — an open, relatively shallow container of pottery, glass, metal, wood, etc., used for various purposes, especially for holding or serving food.
- furrowed — a narrow groove made in the ground, especially by a plow.
Antonyms for rut
noun rut
- innovation — something new or different introduced: numerous innovations in the high-school curriculum.
- modernism — modern character, tendencies, or values; adherence to or sympathy with what is modern.
- modernization — to make modern; give a new or modern character or appearance to: to modernize one's ideas; to modernize a kitchen.
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