rut
noun
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a groove or furrow (especially one in soft earth caused by wheels)
Types & categories
- groove hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 verb
be in a state of sexual excitement; of male mammals
Types & categories
- be hypernym
Related & opposite
- estrus derivation
Sense 3 noun
a settled and monotonous routine that is hard to escape
they fell into a conversational rut
Types & categories
- routine hypernym
Sense 4 verb
hollow out in the form of a furrow or groove
furrow soil
Types & categories
- dig hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 5 noun
applies to nonhuman mammals: a state or period of heightened sexual arousal and activity
Types & categories
- physical condition hypernym
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Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | furrow |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | rutted |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | groove |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | estrus |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | be |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | routine |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | furrow |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | vallecula |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | groove |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | rut |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | dig |
| 5 | antonym | Related & opposite | anestrus |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | rut |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | estrous |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | physical condition |