intransitive verb. To dig with the snout; root.

intransitive verb. To poke around; rummage.

intransitive verb. To expose to view as if by digging; uncover.

intransitive verb. To hollow, scoop, or gouge out.

intransitive verb. To drive or force out as if by digging; eject.

intransitive verb. To dig up with the snout.

intransitive verb. To bellow. Used of cattle.

noun. undefined

noun. A disorderly retreat or flight following defeat.

noun. An overwhelming defeat.

noun. undefined

noun. A disorderly crowd of people; a mob.

noun. People of the lowest class; rabble.

noun. A public disturbance; a riot.

noun. A fashionable gathering.

noun. A group of people, especially knights, or of animals, especially wolves.

transitive verb. To put to disorderly flight or retreat.

transitive verb. To defeat overwhelmingly. synonym: defeat.

To make a noise; roar; bellow, as a bull or cow; snort, as a horse.

. To snore.

. To howl, as the wind; make a roaring noise.

noun. A loud noise; uproar; tumult.

noun. . Snoring. Chaucer (ed. Morris).

noun. A stunning blow.

To turn up with the snout; root, as a hog: same as root, 1.

In mech., to deepen; scoop out; cut out; dig out, as moldings, the spaces between and around block-letters, bookbinders' stamps, etc.

To root; rummage or poke about.

To collect together; assemble in a company.

noun. A defeat followed by confused or tumultuous retreat; disorderly flight caused by defeat, as of an army or any body of contestants; hence, any thorough repulse, overthrow, or discomfiture: as, to put an army to rout.

noun. A troop; a band; a company in general, either of persons or of animals; specifically, a pack of wolves; any irregular or casual aggregation of beings; a crowd.

noun. A disorderly or confused crowd of persons; a tumultuous rabble; used absolutely, the general or vulgar mass; the rabble.

noun. A large social assemblage; a general gathering of guests for entertainment; a crowded evening party.

noun. At common law, an assemblage of three or more persons breaking or threatening to break the peace; a company which is engaged in or has made some movement toward unlawful action.

To extricate from (other things); hunt up; dig (out); with out.

To put to rout; drive into disordered flight by defeat, as an armed force; hence, to defeat or repulse thoroughly; drive off or dispel, as something of an inimical character.

To drive or force, as from a state of repose, concealment. or the like; urge or incite to movement or activity; hence, to draw or drag (forth or out): generally with out or up: as, to rout out a lot of intruders; to rout up a sleeper; to rout out a secret hoard or a recondite fact. See router-out.

Synonyms Overwhelm, Overthrow, etc. See defeat.

To crowd or be driven into a confused mass, as from panic following defeat, or from any external force.

To start up hurriedly; turn out suddenly or reluctantly, as from a state of repose.

noun. See route.

noun. The brent or brant-goose, Bernicla brenta.

intransitive verb. To roar; to bellow; to snort; to snore loudly.

noun. A bellowing; a shouting; noise; clamor; uproar; disturbance; tumult.

transitive verb. To scoop out with a gouge or other tool; to furrow.

transitive verb. To turn out by force or compulsion; as, to rout people out of bed.

intransitive verb. To search or root in the ground, as a swine.

transitive verb. To break the ranks of, as troops, and put them to flight in disorder; to put to rout.

intransitive verb. To assemble in a crowd, whether orderly or disorderly; to collect in company.

noun. A troop; a throng; a company; an assembly; especially, a traveling company or throng.

noun. A disorderly and tumultuous crowd; a mob; hence, the rabble; the herd of common people.