ornière — meaning in English

English meaning

• rut noun A deep groove or track worn into the ground by repeated wheels or footsteps.

Senses

ornière is used for these senses in English:

• rut A furrow, groove, or track worn in the ground, as from the passage of many wheels along a road. [from 16th c.]
• rut (figurative) A fixed routine, procedure, line of conduct, thought or feeling. [from 19th c.]

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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