rout

rout ¹

 (rout)

n.

1.

a. A disorderly retreat or flight following defeat.

b. An overwhelming defeat.

2.

a. A disorderly crowd of people; a mob.

b. People of the lowest class; rabble.

3. A public disturbance; a riot.

4. A fashionable gathering.

5. Archaic A group of people, especially knights, or of animals, especially wolves.

tr.v. rout·ed, rout·ing, routs

1. To put to disorderly flight or retreat: "the flock of starlings which Jasper had routed with his gun" (Virginia Woolf).

2. To defeat overwhelmingly. See Synonyms at defeat.

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[Middle English route, from Old French, troop, defeat, from Vulgar Latin *rupta, from feminine of Latin ruptus, past participle of rumpere, to break; see reup- in Indo-European roots.]

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rout ²

 (rout)

v. rout·ed, rout·ing, routs

v.intr.

1. To dig with the snout; root.

2. To poke around; rummage.

v.tr.

1. To expose to view as if by digging; uncover.

2. To hollow, scoop, or gouge out.

3. To drive or force out as if by digging; eject: rout out an informant.

4. Archaic To dig up with the snout.

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[Variant of root.]

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rout ³

 (rout, ro͞ot)

intr.v. rout·ed, rout·ing, routs Chiefly British

To bellow. Used of cattle.

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[Middle English routen, to roar, from Old Norse rauta.]

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rout

(raʊt)

n

1. an overwhelming defeat

2. a disorderly retreat

3. a noisy rabble

4. (Law) law a group of three or more people proceeding to commit an illegal act

5. archaic a large party or social gathering

vb

(tr) to defeat and cause to flee in confusion

[C13: from Anglo-Norman rute, from Old French: disorderly band, from Latin ruptus broken, from rumpere to burst; see route]

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rout

(raʊt)

vb

1. to dig over or turn up (something), esp (of an animal) with the snout; root

2. (tr; usually foll by out or up) to get or find by searching

3. (usually foll by: out) to force or drive out: they routed him out of bed at midnight.

4. (often foll by: out) to hollow or gouge out

5. (intr) to search, poke, or rummage

[C16: variant of root²]

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rout¹

(raʊt)

n.

1. a defeat attended with disorderly flight: to put an army to rout.

2. any overwhelming defeat.

3. a tumultuous or disorderly crowd of persons.

4. Law. a disturbance of the public peace by three or more persons acting together in a manner that suggests an intention to riot.

5. a large, formal evening party or social gathering.

6. Archaic. a company or band of people.

v.t.

7. to disperse in defeat and disorderly flight.

8. to defeat decisively.

[1200–50; (n.) Middle English < Anglo-French rute, Old French route a fraction, detachment < Vulgar Latin *rupta a break, Latin: n. use of feminine past participle of rumpere to break; (v.) derivative of the n.]

rout²

(raʊt)

v.i.

1. to root, as swine.

2. to poke, search, or rummage.

v.t.

3. to turn over or dig up with the snout.

4. to find or get by searching, rummaging, etc. (usu. fol. by out).

5. to cause to rise from bed.

6. to force or drive out.

7. to hollow out or furrow, as with a scoop.

[1540–50; alter. of root²; compare Middle Dutch ruten to root out]

rout⁴

(raʊt, rut)
v.i., v.t.

Chiefly Brit. Dial. to bellow; roar.

[1250–1300; Middle English rowten < Old Norse rauta to bellow]

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Rout, Route

 a troop, throng, company; a clamourous multitude; a rabble; a tumultuous crowd—Johnson, 1755.

Examples: rout or route of Black beasts, 1576; of clerks, 1430; of rural folk, 1616; of gentlemen; of knights, 1486; of lords, 1386; of nightingales, 1366; of ragged rhymers, 1579; of roiters, 1750; of ruffians and robbers, 1568; of worldly and gallant servants, 1491; of sheep, 1821; of snails, 1440; of soldiers; of strangers, 1737; of the wicked, 1561; of wolves, 1275; of words and actions, 1624.

Dictionary of Collective Nouns and Group Terms. Copyright 2008 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.

rout

Past participle: routed
Gerund: routing

Imperative

rout

rout

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Thesaurus

Noun	1.	rout - a disorderly crowd of people   mob, rabble crowd - a large number of things or people considered together; "a crowd of insects assembled around the flowers" lynch mob - a mob that kills a person for some presumed offense without legal authority
	2.	rout - an overwhelming defeat defeat, licking - an unsuccessful ending to a struggle or contest; "it was a narrow defeat"; "the army's only defeat"; "they suffered a convincing licking"
Verb	1.	rout - cause to flee; "rout out the fighters from their caves" expel, rout out defeat, get the better of, overcome - win a victory over; "You must overcome all difficulties"; "defeat your enemies"; "He overcame his shyness"; "He overcame his infirmity"; "Her anger got the better of her and she blew up"
	2.	rout - dig with the snout; "the pig was rooting for truffles" rootle, root cut into, delve, dig, turn over - turn up, loosen, or remove earth; "Dig we must"; "turn over the soil for aeration"
	3.	rout - make a groove in gouge core out, hollow out, hollow - remove the interior of; "hollow out a tree trunk"
	4.	rout - defeat disastrously spreadeagle, spread-eagle beat, beat out, vanquish, trounce, crush, shell - come out better in a competition, race, or conflict; "Agassi beat Becker in the tennis championship"; "We beat the competition"; "Harvard defeated Yale in the last football game"

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rout

verb

1. defeat, beat, overthrow, thrash, stuff (slang), worst, destroy, chase, tank (slang), crush, scatter, conquer, lick (informal), dispel, drive off, overpower, clobber (slang), wipe the floor with (informal), cut to pieces, put to flight, drub, put to rout, throw back in confusion The Norman army routed the English opposition.

noun

1. defeat, beating, hiding (informal), ruin, overthrow, thrashing, licking (informal), pasting (slang), shambles, debacle, drubbing, overwhelming defeat, headlong flight, disorderly retreat The retreat turned into a rout.

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rout

noun

The act of defeating or the condition of being defeated:

beating, defeat, drubbing, overthrow, thrashing, vanquishment.

Informal: massacre, trimming, whipping.

Slang: dusting, licking.

verb

To win a victory over, as in battle or a competition:

beat, best, conquer, defeat, master, overcome, prevail against (or over), subdue, subjugate, surmount, triumph over, vanquish, worst.

Informal: trim, whip.

Slang: ace, lick.

Idioms: carry the day, get the best of, get the better of, go someone one better.

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Translations

هَزيمَة مُنْكَرَهيَهْزِم العَدو

naprostá porážkaporazit na hlavu

knusende nederlag

vernichtend schlagenvernichtende Niederlage

débandadedéroutemettre en déroute

teljes vereség

algjör ósigurgjörsigra

cercarerottasbaragliaresconfiggerescovare

sakāvesatriekt

slå fullstendigstort nederlag

úplná porážka

bozguna uğratmakhezimet

击溃溃败

rout

¹ [raʊt]

A. N (= defeat) → derrota f aplastante; (= flight) → desbandada f, fuga f desordenada

B. VT → aplastar, derrotar aplastantemente
the enemy was routed (= defeated) → el enemigo fue aplastado; (= put to flight) → el enemigo salió en desbandada

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rout

² [raʊt] VI (also rout about) (= search) → hurgar

rout out VT + ADV

1. (= force out) to rout sb out → hacer salir a algn
to rout sb out of bed → sacar a algn de la cama

2. (= search for) → buscar; (= discover) → desenterrar

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

rout

[ˈraʊt]

n → déroute f

vt [+ army] → mettre en déroute

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

rout

¹

n

(= defeat) → Schlappe f; to put to rout → in die Flucht schlagen

(Jur, = mob) → Bande f, → Rotte f

vt (= defeat) → in die Flucht schlagen

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rout

²

vi (pig: also rout about) → herumwühlen

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

rout

¹ [raʊt]

1. n (defeat) → disfatta, rotta

2. vt → mettere in rotta, sbaragliare

rout out vt + adv (find) → scovare; (force out) → (far) sloggiare

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rout

² [raʊt] vi (search) to rout about → frugare, rovistare

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

rout

(raut) verb

to defeat (an army etc) completely. verslaan يَهْزِم العَدو разгромявам derrotar porazit na hlavu vernichtend schlagen tilføje et knusende nederlag κατατροπώνω derrotar jagu saama, lööma کاملا شکست دادن؛ تار و مار کردن löylyttää mettre en déroute לְהָבִיס हरा देना potući do nogu, razbiti legyőz mengalahkan secara total gjörsigra sbaragliare 完敗する 완패시키다 sutriuškinti satriekt kekalahan teruk verpletterend verslaan slå fullstendig rozgromić بشپړه ماتی ورکول، تارومار کول derrotar a nimici разгромить poraziť na hlavu poraziti poraziti fullständigt besegra ตีแตกพ่าย bozguna uğratmak 擊潰 розбити вщент مکمل طور سے شکست دینا đánh tan tác 击溃

noun

a complete defeat. nederlaag هَزيمَة مُنْكَرَه разгром derrota naprostá porážka vernichtende Niederlage knusende nederlag κατατρόπωση derrota (täielik) lüüasaamine شکست؛ انهدام murskatappio débandadeתבוסה भगदड़ poraz teljes vereség kekalahan mutlak algjör ósigur rotta, disfatta 総くずれ 완패 sutriuškinimas sakāve kalah teruk zware nederlaag stort nederlag pogrom ماته derrota înfrângere zdro­bi­toare разгром úplná porážka poraz poraz fullständigt nederlag ความพ่ายแพ้ราบคาบ hezimet 潰敗 розгром مکمل شکست sự đánh tan tác 溃败

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