ruts

Meaning of ruts

plural noun
  1. a long deep track made by the repeated passage of the wheels of vehicles.
    a stretch of road made impassable by ruts, holes, or waterlogging
  2. a habit or pattern of behaviour that has become dull and unproductive but is hard to change.
    the EC was stuck in a rut and was losing its direction

late 16th century: probably from Old French rute (see route).

plural noun
  1. an annual period of sexual activity in deer and some other mammals, during which the males fight each other for access to the females.
    a moose in rut
verb, 3rd person present
  1. (of a deer or other mammal) engage in the rut or annual period of sexual activity.
    researchers say the deer are rutting earlier
    rutting stags

late Middle English: from Old French, from Latin rugitus, from rugire ‘to roar’.

Information about ruts

  • The singular form of ruts is: rut.
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Hyphenation of ruts

ruts

  • It consists of 1 syllables and 4 chars.
  • ruts is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

ruts synonyms

Meaning a rut, groove, or trail in the ground or another surface:

furrow

Meaning a long, narrow cut or depression in a hard material:

groove

Meaning a rough path or road, typically one beaten by use rather than constructed:

track

Meaning a long, narrow open container for animals to eat or drink out of:

trough

Meaning a narrow channel dug at the side of a road or field, to hold or carry away water:

ditch

Meaning a long, narrow ditch:

trench

Meaning a shallow trough fixed beneath the edge of a roof for carrying off rainwater:

gutter

Meaning a chisel with a concave blade, used in carpentry, sculpture, and surgery:

gouge

Meaning a line on the surface of something along which it has split without breaking apart:

crack

Meaning a hole or depression in something:

hollow

Meaning a hollow place in a solid body or surface:

hole

Meaning a deep natural underground cave formed by the erosion of rock, especially by the action of water:

pothole

Meaning an empty space within a solid object:

cavity

Meaning a large bowl-shaped cavity in the ground or on a celestial object, typically one caused by an explosion or the impact of a meteorite:

crater

Meaning a crushing or grating sound or motion:

grind

Meaning a large wheel turned by the weight of people or animals treading on steps fitted into its inner surface, formerly used to drive machinery:

treadmill

Anagrams of ruts

Rust, rust, Surt

Words that rhyme with ruts

kashruts, struts

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