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# rut

noun (a rut, ruts); verb (rut, ruts, rutted, rutting)

«rut» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A deep line in soft ground made by wheels. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rut/#m1)
2. (idiom) A boring way of life or habit that is hard to change: "stuck in a rut". [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rut/#m2)
3. (animals) The season when male deer and some other animals fight and look for mates; (verb) to be in this season. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rut/#m3)

### In the lessons

In everyday life, a muddy track has ruts from tractor wheels. "Stuck in a rut" is a very common phrase meaning life feels boring and the same every day. In nature lessons, in autumn male red deer roar and fight in the rut. Phrases: stuck in a rut, get out of a rut, deep ruts, the rutting season.

### Examples

- The tractor left deep ruts in the muddy field. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rut/#x1)
- My bike wheel got stuck in a rut. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rut/#x2)
- Dad felt stuck in a rut, so he took up drumming. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rut/#x3)
- Let's try something new to get out of this rut. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rut/#x4)
- In the autumn rut, stags roar and lock antlers. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rut/#x5)
- The path was full of ruts and puddles. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rut/#x6)
- A CARTER was driving a wagon along a country lane, when the wheels sank down deep into a rut. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rut/#x7)

### Note

Past form: rutted (double t). "In a rut" and "stuck in a rut" are the common patterns. Adjective: rutted (a rutted track).

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «rut» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rut/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«rut» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/rut.html) on Mova free.