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Meaning of rut

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  rut
      n 1: a groove or furrow (especially one in soft earth caused by
           wheels)
      2: a settled and monotonous routine that is hard to escape;
         "they fell into a conversational rut" [syn: {rut}, {groove}]
      3: applies to nonhuman mammals: a state or period of heightened
         sexual arousal and activity [syn: {estrus}, {oestrus},
         {heat}, {rut}] [ant: {anestrum}, {anestrus}, {anoestrum},
         {anoestrus}]
      v 1: be in a state of sexual excitement; of male mammals
      2: hollow out in the form of a furrow or groove; "furrow soil"
         [syn: {furrow}, {rut}, {groove}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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