Rout
[raʊt]
Definition
(noun.) an overwhelming defeat.
(verb.) cause to flee; 'rout out the fighters from their caves'.
(verb.) make a groove in.
(verb.) dig with the snout; 'the pig was rooting for truffles'.
Typed by Ernestine--From WordNet
Definition
(v. i.) To roar; to bellow; to snort; to snore loudly.
(n.) A bellowing; a shouting; noise; clamor; uproar; disturbance; tumult.
(v. t.) To scoop out with a gouge or other tool; to furrow.
(v. i.) To search or root in the ground, as a swine.
(n.) A troop; a throng; a company; an assembly; especially, a traveling company or throng.
(n.) A disorderly and tumultuous crowd; a mob; hence, the rabble; the herd of common people.
(n.) The state of being disorganized and thrown into confusion; -- said especially of an army defeated, broken in pieces, and put to flight in disorder or panic; also, the act of defeating and breaking up an army; as, the rout of the enemy was complete.
(n.) A disturbance of the peace by persons assembled together with intent to do a thing which, if executed, would make them rioters, and actually making a motion toward the executing thereof.
(n.) A fashionable assembly, or large evening party.
(v. t.) To break the ranks of, as troops, and put them to flight in disorder; to put to rout.
(v. i.) To assemble in a crowd, whether orderly or disorderly; to collect in company.
Checker: Roderick
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Defeat, discomfiture, ruin, complete overthrow.
v. a. Defeat, discomfit, overthrow, overpower.
Edited by Gene
Definition
v.t. to root up as a pig: to scoop out.—v.i. to poke about—also Wrout.—n. Rout′er a sash-plane as Rout′er-gauge for inlaid work.—v.t. Rout′er to cut out leaving some parts in relief.—ns. Rout′er-plane a plane for the bottoms of rectangular cavities; Rout′er-saw; Rout′ing-machine′ a shaping-machine for wood metal or stone.
v.i. to roar like a cow: to snore: to howl like the wind.
n. the defeat of an army or body of troops: the disorder of troops defeated: a pack of wolves.—v.i. to assemble together.—v.t. to put to disorderly flight: to defeat and throw into confusion: to conquer: to drag out or into the light.—Put to rout to put to flight.
n. the brent goose.
n. a tumultuous crowd a rabble: a large party: a fashionable evening assembly.—n. Rout′-cake a rich sweet cake for evening parties.—adjs. Rout′ish clamorous: disorderly; Rout′ous.
Checked by Jennie
Examples
- He waxes strong in all violence and lawlessness; and is ready for any deed of daring that will supply the wants of his rabble-rout. Plato. The Republic.
- Blaspheme not the holy saints, Sir Reginald, said De Bracy, we shall have need of their aid to-day before yon rascal rout disband. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- The Roman cavalry came back from the pursuit of Hannibal's horse to turn what was already a defeat into a disastrous rout. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- But there, upon his sofa, a tremendous consideration breaks in upon the mild gentleman, putting all softer considerations to the rout. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- We rose to the spirit of the time and the race became a wild rout, a stampede, a terrific panic. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- These two men met eleven days after that rout; Alexander no doubt in the state of explanatory exaltation natural to his type during a mood of change. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Waterloo ended in a rout; it left Napoleon without support and without hope. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- And then swiftly he dispatched his aides-de-camp to command the horse to fall on the routed enemy. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Here another battle ensued, our men dismounting and fighting on foot, in which the Confederates were again routed and driven in great disorder. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- The Brunswickers were routed and had fled--their Duke was killed. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- By very skilful manoeuvres and boldness of attack he completely routed the enemy. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- The Crawley heavy cavalry was maddened by defeat, and routed every day. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- At two in the morning they routed us out of bed--another piece of unwarranted cruelty--another stupid effort of our dragoman to get ahead of a rival. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- He perceived that she had spoken of business to Beaufort simply to get rid of him; and to have routed Beaufort was something of a triumph. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- The plate is next subjected to the mechanical operation of routing out or cutting away the undesirable portions by a routing machine, seen in Fig. 214. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- The view which their hurried routing disclosed filled me with apprehension and with rage. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- The engraver or finisher then takes charge of it, preparing the engraving for the routing department, where the superfluous metal is removed. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- And then your routs are so ill conducted, the society so mixed. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
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