rutnoun
uk/rʌt/us/rʌt/rut noun (HOLE)
[ C ] a deep, narrow mark made in soft ground especially by a wheel
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Geography: caves, cracks & crevices
- cave
- cavern
- chasm
- chimney
- crack
- crater
- crevice
- fissure
- gouge
- gulf
- hole
- honeycomb
- pit
- pore
- pothole
- speleologist
- speleology
- stalactite
- stalagmite
- the San Andreas Fault
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rut noun (SEXUALLY ACTIVE PERIOD)
[ S ] the period of the year during which particular male animals, especially deer and sheep, are sexually active:
During the rut, stags can be seen fighting for females.
in rut
(of particular male animals) sexually excited
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Animal reproduction
- asexual
- asexual reproduction
- bird
- breed
- egg
- embryo
- embryonic
- estrogen
- fertilize
- incubate
- infertile
- inseminate
- lamb
- mate
- ova
- reproduction
- seminal
- spawning ground
- spermatozoon
- the birds and the bees idiom
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Idiom(s)
(stuck) in a rut