Antonyms for rutted

Grammar : Adj, verb

Spell : ruht

Phonetic Transcription : rʌt

Definition of rutted

Origin : "narrow track worn or cut in the ground," 1570s, probably from Middle English route (see route (n.)); though OED finds this "improbable." Metaphoric meaning "narrow, monotonous routine; habitual mode of behavior" first attested 1839.

As in bumpy : adj rough
As in indent : verb make a space; push in slightly
As in hollow : verb empty out; make concave

Example sentences :

The main road was north and south, winding and twisting its rutted, sandy way.
Extract from : « Keziah Coffin » by Joseph C. Lincoln

But the rutted, rocky road begins at once to excite suspicion.
Extract from : « 'Charge It' » by Irving Bacheller

It is rutted with wheels and trodden down by the feet of many adventurers.
Extract from : « A Study In Scarlet » by Arthur Conan Doyle

He turned off the blacktop and started down the rutted path.
Extract from : « Lease to Doomsday » by Lee Archer

At 39 m. is the junction with a dirt road, rutted and winding; not suitable for trailers.
Extract from : « North Dakota » by Various

After a while they left the houses behind and turned into a dusty, rutted track.
Extract from : « The Coast of Adventure » by Harold Bindloss

The roads were not rutted at all, for they were full of firm snow.
Extract from : « The Corner House Girls Snowbound » by Grace Brooks Hill

The road was only a wide, rutted cow-path on the side of the hill.
Extract from : « The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 11, No. 68, June, 1863 » by Various

We were riding now up the stony and rutted lane which led from the ford.
Extract from : « The Adventures of Gerard » by Arthur Conan Doyle

Blazing sunshine beat down upon the rutted street, and an unpleasant gritty dust blew along it.
Extract from : « The Greater Power » by Harold Bindloss

Synonyms for rutted

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