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Rout

see synonyms of rout

Noun

1. mob, rabble, rout

a disorderly crowd of people

2. rout

an overwhelming defeat

Verb

3. expel, rout, rout out

cause to flee

Example Sentences:
'rout out the fighters from their caves'

4. root, rootle, rout

dig with the snout

Example Sentences:
'the pig was rooting for truffles'

5. gouge, rout

make a groove in

6. rout, spread-eagle, spreadeagle

defeat disastrously

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Rout

see synonyms of rout
noun
1. 
an overwhelming defeat
2. 
a disorderly retreat
3. 
a noisy rabble
4. law
a group of three or more people proceeding to commit an illegal act
5. archaic
a large party or social gathering
verb
6. (transitive)
to defeat and cause to flee in confusion
verb
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. (transitive; usually foll by out)
to force or drive out
they routed him out of bed at midnight
4. (transitive; often foll by out)
to hollow or gouge out
5. (intransitive)
to search, poke, or rummage

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Rout

see synonyms of rout
noun
1. 
a disorderly crowd; noisy mob; rabble
2. 
a disorderly flight or retreat, as of defeated troops
to be put to rout
3. 
an overwhelming defeat
4.  Archaic
a. 
a group of people; company; band
b. 
a band of followers; retinue
5.  Archaic
a large, fashionable social gathering in the evening
verb transitive
6. 
to put to disorderly flight
7. 
to defeat overwhelmingly
verb intransitive
1. 
to dig for food with the snout, as a pig; root
2. 
to poke or rummage about
verb transitive
3. 
to dig up or turn over with the snout
4. 
to force out

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Rout

see synonyms of 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.
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.
intr.v. rout·ed, rout·ing, routs
Chiefly British
To bellow. Used of cattle.

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