Rut (Verb)
Meaning 1
Be in a state of sexual excitement; of male mammals.
Classification
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations.
Related Words
Meaning 2
Hollow out in the form of a furrow or groove; "furrow soil".
Classification
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.
Examples
- The farmer's plow began to rut the soil as the ground hardened with the frost.
- The heavy rainfall caused the stream to rut a path through the hillside.
- Years of use had rut the wood, leaving deep grooves in its surface.
- The construction crew had rut the asphalt to lay the new cable.
- As the earth dried out, the cracks began to rut the ground.