rout

n.

1. 1. A disorderly retreat or flight following defeat.
   2. An overwhelming defeat.
2. 1. A disorderly crowd of people; a mob.
   2. 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.

[Middle English route, from Old French, troop, defeat, from Vulgar Latin *rupta, from feminine of Latin ruptus, past participle of rumpere, to break.]

rout² (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.

[Variant of ROOT².]

rout³ (rout, rūt)
intr.v. Chiefly British., rout·ed, rout·ing, routs.

To bellow. Used of cattle.

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

noun

The act of defeating or the condition of being defeated: beating, defeat, drubbing, overthrow, thrashing, vanquishment. Informal massacre, trimming, whipping. Slang dusting, licking. See win/lose/recovery.

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: carrywinthe day, gethavethe best of, gethavethe better of, go someone one better. See win/lose/recovery.

n

Definition: defeat
Antonyms: victory

v

Definition: defeat overwhelmingly
Antonyms: lose, win

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n. 1. a disorderly retreat of defeated troops: the retreat degenerated into a rout.

2. a decisive defeat: the party lost more than half their seats in the rout.

v.

defeat and cause to retreat in disorder: in a matter of minutes the attackers were routed.

put to rout put to flight; defeat utterly.

See the Introduction, Abbreviations and Pronunciation for further details.

To groove, furrow, hollow out, or otherwise machine a wood member with a router.

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IN BRIEF: To defeat completely. Also: To root, dig up or poke for, especially to poke around for food.

Did the home team rout the visiting team?

Tutor's tip: Another word that sounds like rout is route which means a road or highway.

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Dansk (Danish)
1.
n. - vild flugt, knusende nederlag
v. tr. - jage på flugt

2.
v. intr. - rode, opsnuse
v. tr. - skære rille i

3.
v. intr. - brøle (om kvæg)

Nederlands (Dutch)
verpletterende nederlaag, opjagen, uit bed halen

Français (French)
1.
n. - défaite, déroute, (Jur) attroupement illicite d'individus
v. tr. - mettre en déroute, (fig) battre à plates coutures

2.
v. intr. - creuser avec le museau (un animal)
v. tr. - dénicher, déloger, rainurer (en dehors des bords)

3.
v. intr. - brailler, beugler

Deutsch (German)
1.
n. - Rotte, Niederlage, fluchtartiger Rückzug
v. - in die Flucht vernichtend schlagen

2.
v. - ausgraben, untergraben, eingraben

3.
v. - brüllen, grölen

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - άτακτη ή πανικόβλητη υποχώρηση ή φυγή, πανωλεθρία
v. - κατατροπώνω, τρέπω σε άτακτη φυγή, νικώ κατά κράτος

Italiano (Italian)
cacciare, sconfitta

Português (Portuguese)
n. - ralé (f), malta (f), turba (f)
v. - dispersar

Русский (Russian)
разбивать наголову, разгром, бегство (целой армии)

Español (Spanish)
1.
n. - derrota completa, fuga desordenada
v. tr. - derrotar, poner en fuga, hacer salir

2.
v. intr. - escarbar con el hocico
v. tr. - poner al descubierto, cortar un diseño sin extenderse a los bordes

3.
v. intr. - berrear, mugir, vociferar

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - vild flykt, sammanbrott, nederlag, upplopp, tumult, hop
v. - driva på flykten, böka

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
1. 溃败, 溃退, 击溃, 打垮, 使溃退

2. 用鼻子拱地, 翻, 寻, 搜, 用鼻子拱, 搜寻到, 挖掘, 撵, 驱逐

3. 用鼻拱地, 搜

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
1.
v. intr. - 用鼻拱地, 搜

2.
v. intr. - 用鼻子拱地, 翻, 尋, 搜
v. tr. - 用鼻子拱, 搜尋到, 挖掘, 攆, 驅逐

3.
n. - 潰敗, 潰退
v. tr. - 擊潰, 打垮, 使潰退

한국어 (Korean)
1.
n. - 혼란된 군중, 사교적인 모임, 패주
v. tr. - 패주 시키다

2.
v. intr. - 코끝으로 파헤치다, 찾아내다, 찾아 헤매다
v. tr. - 두들겨 깨우다, 내쫓다

3.
v. intr. - 큰 소리로 울다, 노호하다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 大敗北, 総崩れ
v. - 敗走させる, たたき出す, 鼻で掘り出す, 総くずれにする

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) حشد وبخاصه الرعاع, إضطراب, شغب, حفله إستقبال (فعل) يطرد, يوقظ, يهزم هزيمه منكرة‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮נסיגה לא מסודרת של יחידות צבאיות מובסות‬
v. tr. - ‮גרם לנסיגה או לבריחה לא מסודרות, הביס תבוסה ניצחת‬
v. intr. - ‮דחף את חוטמו ל-‬
v. tr. - ‮חשף ע"י חפירה, חרץ (על פני לוח מתכת או עץ) חריץ שאינו נמשך עד לקצוות‬
v. intr. - ‮שאג, נהם, צעק‬

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