1. Noun
Sexual desire or oestrus of deer, cattle, and various other mammals; heat; also, the period during which the oestrus exists.
2. Noun
Roaring, as of waves breaking upon the shore; rote. See Rote.
3. Verb
To have a strong sexual impulse at the reproductive period; -- said of deer, cattle, etc.
4. Verb
To cover in copulation.
5. Noun
A track worn by a wheel or by habitual passage of anything; a groove in which anything runs. Also used figuratively.
6. Verb
To make a rut or ruts in; -- chiefly used as a past participle or a participial adj.; as, a rutted road.
7. Noun
applies to nonhuman mammals: a state or period of heightened sexual arousal and activity
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