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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024rout1 /raʊt/USA pronunciation n. - a defeat, followed by disorderly retreat: [uncountable]to put an army to rout.[countable]The last game was a rout.
v. [~ + object] - to defeat completely, causing a disorderly retreat:Our team routed our last two opponents.
See -rupt-.rout2 /raʊt/USA pronunciation v. [~ + object]- Animal Husbandryto turn over or dig up (something) with the snout.
- to find or get by searching, rummaging, forcing out, etc.
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024route /rut, raʊt/USA pronunciation n., v., rout•ed, rout•ing. n. [countable] - a course, way, or road for travel:the shortest route from here to Alaska.
- a customary line of travel, often with stops regularly made, by a train, bus, etc., or by a person in doing a job:the route taken by that bus; a newspaper route.
v. [~ + object] - to fix the path or route of:to route a tour.
- to send by a particular route:Calls were routed through the switchboard.
See -rupt-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024rout1 (rout),USA pronunciation n. - a defeat attended with disorderly flight;
dispersal of a defeated force in complete disorder:to put an army to rout; to put reason to rout. - any overwhelming defeat:a rout of the home team by the state champions.
- a tumultuous or disorderly crowd of persons.
- the rabble or mob.
- Lawa disturbance of the public peace by three or more persons acting together in a manner that suggests an intention to riot although they do not actually carry out the intention.
- a large, formal evening party or social gathering.
- [Archaic.]a company or band of people.
v.t. - to disperse in defeat and disorderly flight:to rout an army.
- to defeat decisively:to rout an opponent in conversation.
- Latin rupta, feminine past participle of rumpere to break; (verb, verbal) derivative of the noun, nominal
- Anglo-French rute, Old French route a fraction, detachment
- (noun, nominal) Middle English 1200–50
- 3.See corresponding entry in Unabridged swarm, horde.
- 9.See corresponding entry in Unabridged overwhelm, overcome, subdue.
rout2 (rout),USA pronunciation v.i. - to root:pigs routing in the garden.
- to poke, search, or rummage.
v.t. - Animal Husbandryto turn over or dig up (something) with the snout.
- to find or get by searching, rummaging, etc. (usually fol. by out).
- to cause to rise from bed (often fol. by up or out).
- to force or drive out.
- Buildingto hollow out or furrow, as with a scoop, gouge, or machine.
- 1540–50; alteration of root2; compare Middle Dutch ruten to root out
rout3 (rout),USA pronunciation v.i. [Archaic.]- to snore.
- bef. 900; Middle English routen, Old English hrūtan; cognate with Old High German hrūzan
rout4 (rout, ro̅o̅t),USA pronunciation [Chiefly Brit. Dial.]v.i., v.t. - British Termsto bellow;
roar. n. - British Termsa bellow.
- Old Norse rauta to bellow; akin to Latin rudere
- Middle English rowten 1250–1300
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024route (ro̅o̅t, rout),USA pronunciation n., v., rout•ed, rout•ing. n. - a course, way, or road for passage or travel:What's the shortest route to Boston?
- a customary or regular line of passage or travel:a ship on the North Atlantic route.
- a specific itinerary, round, or number of stops regularly visited by a person in the performance of his or her work or duty:a newspaper route; a mail carrier's route.
- go the route, [Informal.]
- to see something through to completion:It was a tough assignment, but he went the route.
- Sport[Baseball.]to pitch the complete game:The heat and humidity were intolerable, but the pitcher managed to go the route.
v.t. - to fix the route of:to route a tour.
- to send or forward by a particular route:to route mail to its proper destination.
- Latin rupta (via) broken (road), feminine past participle of rumpere to break; compare rout1
- Old French
- Middle English: way, course 1175–1225
- 3.See corresponding entry in Unabridged beat, circuit.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: rout /raʊt/ n - an overwhelming defeat
- a disorderly retreat
- a noisy rabble
- a group of three or more people proceeding to commit an illegal act
- archaic a large party or social gathering
vb - (transitive) to defeat and cause to flee in confusion
Etymology: 13th Century: from Anglo-Norman rute, from Old French: disorderly band, from Latin ruptus broken, from rumpere to burst; see route rout /raʊt/ vb - to dig over or turn up (something), esp (of an animal) with the snout; root
- (tr; usually followed by out or up) to get or find by searching
- (transitive) usually followed by out: to force or drive out: they routed him out of bed at midnight
- (transitive) often followed by out: to hollow or gouge out
- (intransitive) to search, poke, or rummage
Etymology: 16th Century: variant of root² Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: route /ruːt/ n - the choice of roads taken to get to a place
- a regular journey travelled
- (capital) US a main road between cities: Route 66
vb (routes, routing, routeing, routed)(transitive)- to plan the route of; send by a particular route
Etymology: 13th Century: from Old French rute, from Vulgar Latin rupta via (unattested), literally: a broken (established) way, from Latin ruptus broken, from rumpere to break, burstUSAGE When forming the present participle or verbal noun from the verb to route it is preferable to retain the e in order to distinguish the word from routing, the present participle or verbal noun from rout1, to defeat or rout², to dig, rummage: the routeing of buses from the city centre to the suburbs. The spelling routing in this sense is, however, sometimes encountered, esp in American English |