rut

English Thesaurus

1. a settled and monotonous routine that is hard to escape (noun.act)

hypernym	:	modus operandi, routine,
definition	:	an unvarying or habitual method or procedure (noun.act)

2. a groove or furrow (especially one in soft earth caused by wheels) (noun.shape)

hypernym	:	channel, groove,
definition	:	a long narrow furrow cut either by a natural process (such as erosion) or by a tool (as e.g. a groove in a phonograph record) (noun.shape)

3. applies to nonhuman mammals: a state or period of heightened sexual arousal and activity (noun.state)

hypernym	:	physical condition, physiological condition, physiological state,
definition	:	the condition or state of the body or bodily functions (noun.state)

4. hollow out in the form of a furrow or groove (verb.contact)

hypernym	:	cut into, delve, dig, turn over,
definition	:	turn up, loosen, or remove earth (verb.contact)

5. be in a state of sexual excitement; of male mammals (verb.stative)

hypernym	:	be,
definition	:	have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun) (verb.stative)

6. a groove or furrow (especially one in soft earth caused by wheels) (noun.shape)

derivation	:	furrow, groove, rut,
definition	:	hollow out in the form of a furrow or groove (verb.contact)

derivation	:	rutted, rutty,
definition	:	full of ruts (adj.all)

7. applies to nonhuman mammals: a state or period of heightened sexual arousal and activity (noun.state)

antonym	:	anestrum, anestrus, anoestrum, anoestrus,
definition	:	applies to nonhuman mammals: a state or interval of sexual inactivity between two periods of estrus (noun.state)

derivation	:	rut,
definition	:	be in a state of sexual excitement; of male mammals (verb.stative)

derivation	:	estrous,
definition	:	(of lower mammals) showing or in a state of estrus; in heat (adj.all)

8. hollow out in the form of a furrow or groove (verb.contact)

derivation	:	furrow,
definition	:	a long shallow trench in the ground (especially one made by a plow) (noun.artifact)

derivation	:	groove, vallecula,
definition	:	(anatomy) any furrow or channel on a bodily structure or part (noun.body)

derivation	:	channel, groove,
definition	:	a long narrow furrow cut either by a natural process (such as erosion) or by a tool (as e.g. a groove in a phonograph record) (noun.shape)

derivation	:	rut,
definition	:	a groove or furrow (especially one in soft earth caused by wheels) (noun.shape)

9. be in a state of sexual excitement; of male mammals (verb.stative)

derivation	:	estrus, heat, oestrus, rut,
definition	:	applies to nonhuman mammals: a state or period of heightened sexual arousal and activity (noun.state)

10. a groove or furrow (especially one in soft earth caused by wheels) (noun.shape)

derivation	:	furrow, groove, rut,
definition	:	hollow out in the form of a furrow or groove (verb.contact)

derivation	:	rutted, rutty,
definition	:	full of ruts (adj.all)

11. applies to nonhuman mammals: a state or period of heightened sexual arousal and activity (noun.state)

antonym	:	anestrum, anestrus, anoestrum, anoestrus,
definition	:	applies to nonhuman mammals: a state or interval of sexual inactivity between two periods of estrus (noun.state)

derivation	:	rut,
definition	:	be in a state of sexual excitement; of male mammals (verb.stative)

derivation	:	estrous,
definition	:	(of lower mammals) showing or in a state of estrus; in heat (adj.all)

12. hollow out in the form of a furrow or groove (verb.contact)

derivation	:	furrow,
definition	:	a long shallow trench in the ground (especially one made by a plow) (noun.artifact)

derivation	:	groove, vallecula,
definition	:	(anatomy) any furrow or channel on a bodily structure or part (noun.body)

derivation	:	channel, groove,
definition	:	a long narrow furrow cut either by a natural process (such as erosion) or by a tool (as e.g. a groove in a phonograph record) (noun.shape)

derivation	:	rut,
definition	:	a groove or furrow (especially one in soft earth caused by wheels) (noun.shape)

13. be in a state of sexual excitement; of male mammals (verb.stative)

derivation	:	estrus, heat, oestrus, rut,
definition	:	applies to nonhuman mammals: a state or period of heightened sexual arousal and activity (noun.state)