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rut

(r/@/t )

a groove or furrow (especially one in soft earth caused by wheels)(noun.shape)

source: wordnet30
a settled and monotonous routine that is hard to escape(noun.act)

Example:
They fell into a conversational rut.

Synonym:
groove

source: wordnet30
applies to nonhuman mammals: a state or period of heightened sexual arousal and activity(noun.state)

Synonym:
estrus, heat, oestrus
Antonym:
anestrum, anestrus, anoestrum, anoestrus

source: wordnet30
Sexual desire or œstrus of deer, cattle, and various other mammals; heat; also, the period during which the œstrus exists.(noun)

source: webster1913
A track worn by a wheel or by habitual passage of anything; a groove in which anything runs. Also used figuratively.(noun)

source: webster1913

be in a state of sexual excitement; of male mammals(verb.stative)

source: wordnet30
hollow out in the form of a furrow or groove(verb.contact)

Synonym:
furrow, groove

source: wordnet30
To have a strong sexual impulse at the reproductive period; -- said of deer, cattle, etc.(verb)

source: webster1913
To cover in copulation.(verb)

source: webster1913
To make a rut or ruts in; -- chiefly used as a past participle or a participial adj.; as, a rutted road.(verb)

source: webster1913

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