<p><strong>noun</strong></p><ul><li>a furrow or track in the ground, especially one made by the passage of a vehicle or vehicles.</li><li>any furrow, groove, etc.</li><li>a fixed or established mode of procedure or course of life, usually dull or unpromising:<ul><li>to fall into a rut.</li></ul></li></ul><p><strong>verb</strong> (used with object)</p><ul><li>rutted, rutting.</li><li>to make a rut or ruts in; furrow.</li></ul>