rutted
1
6.9
- adjective
- /ˈrʌtɪd/
:
surcado
- The children played on a rutted field, where the uneven ground made it difficult to kick the ball straight.
Examples
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An open cab grader ("Our Business Is Going In The Hole") sits in the rutted lot outside.
Fiction book (1997) -
Past La Cienega, it deteriorated rapidly into a rocky and rutted path on which vehicles seldom traveled at more than 5 miles per hour.
Academic text (2002) -
The path peters out into a rutted, sandy patch of weeds and empties us into the grove.
Academic text (1999) -
I am soon bumping through sagebrush and snow across a rutted, dry lakebed that has been empty for the past 15,000 years.
Academic text (2008) -
It was so rutted that unless the compactor was in operation, anyone sitting in the shack would hear a car bouncing up, especially a car as laden as mine.
Fiction book (2000) -
Anyone who drives through residential neighborhoods such as al-Marwah or al-Nahfah in north Jeddah, immediately south of King Abdulaziz International Airport, cannot help but notice how rutted many of the road surfaces are (Figure 8).
Academic text (2003) -
Driving along the rutted road was a bumpy experience, as the deep grooves made it hard to maintain control of the vehicle.
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After the rain, the rutted dirt track became muddy, making it challenging for cars to pass through without getting stuck.
Synonyms
1
5.5
A road with many holes that is rough to drive on
1
4.9
A surface that has long narrow lines or wrinkles
1
7.0
A road or path with deep narrow tracks made by wheels
Having long connected bands like a tank or marks left by feet and wheels
Antonyms
How Rutted
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Rutted comes from the noun rut, which means a 'deep track' or 'groove' made by wheels or animals after they pass the same place many times. So a rutted road is one full of long, deep grooves from repeated wheels, which makes travel uneven.