routing

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 company, as of knights or wolves, that are in movement. See Synonyms at flock¹.

5. A fashionable gathering.

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, rt)

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.]

Translations

routing [ˈruːtɪŋ] N (Comput) → encaminamiento m