rut
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5.7
- noun
- /rʌt/
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surco
- We got in the car and navigated down the ruts in the yard.
Examples
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The tires followed the dried mud ruts through dense forest.
Fiction book (1999) -
You could see all the ruts where the lorries had been.
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So this two rut track idea is really important to me actually.
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Those ruts over there, they were made recently.
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Except there were no streets, just ruts in the mud.
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As the pickup bounced on the ruts, Dutch saw there were already several cars in the yard.
Fiction book (1999) -
The road ruts get deeper, sides erode, maybe part of it falls away in a landslide.
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So Ivan took Perry's Jeep up to the hill cabin, banging over the ruts and shale.
Fiction book (1991) -
The truck bounced and lurched through the muddy ruts blocking the entrance to Straightgut's dugout.
Fiction book (1993) -
The tractor left deep ruts in the field after plowing all day.
Synonyms
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7.0
Marks on the ground that animals, people, or vehicles make when they move
Idioms
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Surface Forms
Etymology
Rut (noun, groove) comes from an old word for a worn 'route' or track made by wheels, so a rut is a path cut into the ground by repeated passages.