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rutting
We have found lemma(root) word of rutting : rut.
Definitions
[rʌt], (Noun)
Definitions:
- a long, deep track made by the repeated passage of the wheels of vehicles
(e.g: a stretch of road made impassable by ruts, holes, or waterlogging)
- a habit or pattern of behaviour that has become dull and unproductive but is hard to change
(e.g: the administration was stuck in a rut and was losing its direction)
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Origin
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late 16th century: probably from Old French rute (see route)
[rʌt], (Noun)
Definitions:
- an annual period of sexual activity in deer and some other mammals, during which the males fight each other for access to the females
(e.g: a moose in rut)
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Origin
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late Middle English: from Old French, from Latin rugitus, from rugire ‘to roar’
[rʌt], (Verb)
Definitions:
- (of a deer or other mammal) engage in the rut or annual period of sexual activity
(e.g: researchers say the deer are rutting earlier)
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Origin
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late Middle English: from Old French, from Latin rugitus, from rugire ‘to roar’
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