rutted
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rut 1
(rŭt)n.
1. A sunken track or groove made by the passage of vehicles.
2. An uninspired routine or pattern of behavior that one continues unthinkingly or because change is difficult.
tr.v. rut·ted, rut·ting, ruts
To make ruts in (a path, for example).
[Possibly alteration of route.]
rut 2
(rŭt)n.
1. A regularly recurring condition of fertility during which breeding occurs in certain mammals, especially deer and various other ungulates: a buck in rut.
2. The period during which this condition occurs.
intr.v. rut·ted, rut·ting, ruts
To be in rut.
[Middle English rutte, from Old French rut, from Vulgar Latin *rūgitus, from *rūgere, to roar, from Latin rūgīre, to roar.]
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rutted
(ˈrʌtɪd)adj
very uneven, with long, deep, narrow marks made by the wheels of vehicles
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| Adj. | 1. | rutted - full of ruts; "rutty farm roads" |
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Translations
مَليء بالقَنَوات والأخاديد
rozježděný
med hjulspor
bevágott
meî djúpum hjólförum/skorningum
vyjazdený
tekerlek izli
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rutted
[ˈrʌtɪd] adj [road, track] → plein(e) d'ornièresCollins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
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rut
(rat) noun a deep track made by a wheel etc in soft ground. The road was full of ruts.
ˈrutted adjective having ruts. a deeply-rutted path.
in a rut having a fixed, monotonous way of life. I felt that I was in a rut, so I changed my job.
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