[raʊt], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a disorderly retreat of defeated troops
(e.g: the retreat degenerated into a rout)

- an assembly of people who have made a move towards committing an illegal act which would constitute an offence of riot

- a large evening party or reception

- a pack of wolves
(e.g: a rout of wolves consumed the last of the carcass)


Phrases:
- put to rout

Origin:
Middle English: ultimately based on Latin ruptus ‘broken’, from the verb rumpere; sense 1 and the verb (late 16th century) are from obsolete French route, probably from Italian rotta ‘break-up of an army’; the other senses are via Anglo-Norman French rute

[raʊt], (Verb)

Definitions:
- defeat and cause to retreat in disorder
(e.g: in a matter of minutes the attackers were routed)


Phrases:
- put to rout

Origin:
Middle English: ultimately based on Latin ruptus ‘broken’, from the verb rumpere; sense 1 and the verb (late 16th century) are from obsolete French route, probably from Italian rotta ‘break-up of an army’; the other senses are via Anglo-Norman French rute

[raʊt], (Verb)

Definitions:
- cut a groove, or any pattern not extending to the edges, in (a wooden or metal surface)
(e.g: you routed each plank all along its length)

- (of an animal) turn up ground with its snout in search of food

- find or retrieve
(e.g: as I routed out the lantern, the telephone jangled)


Phrases:

Origin:
mid 16th century (in rout): alteration of the verb root. rout dates from the early 19th century