vane — meaning in English

English meaning

• habit noun Something you do regularly, often without thinking about it.
• rut noun A deep groove or track worn into the ground by repeated wheels or footsteps.
• wont noun A person's usual habit or custom.

Senses

vane is used for these senses in English:

• Vanir The principal deities, as a group, of the Norse pantheon that represent chaos, fertility, and cultivation; opponents of the Æsir.
• rut (figurative) A fixed routine, procedure, line of conduct, thought or feeling. [from 19th c.]
• wont (archaic, or, humorous) One's habitual way of doing things; custom, habit, practice.

habit — full definition

1. noun Something you do regularly, often without thinking about it.
2. noun A strong, hard-to-break dependency on something, especially a drug.

rut — full definition

1. noun A deep groove or track worn into the ground by repeated wheels or footsteps.
2. noun A fixed, boring routine that feels hard to escape.
3. noun The mating season of certain male mammals, such as deer, marked by heightened sexual activity.

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