rut [ruht] noun, verb, rut·ted, rut·ting.
–noun
1. a furrow or track in the ground, esp. one made by the passage of a vehicle or vehicles.
2. any furrow, groove, etc.
3. a fixed or established mode of procedure or course of life, usually dull or unpromising: to fall into a rut.
–verb (used with object)
4. to make a rut or ruts in; furrow.
[Origin: 1570–80; perh. var. of route]

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