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# rout

noun (routs); verb (rout, routs, routed, routing)

«rout» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A rout is a complete defeat in which the losing side runs away in confusion. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rout/#m1)
2. (verb) To rout someone is to drive them away and defeat them completely. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rout/#m2)
3. (verb, with «out») To rout out is to find and drive someone out of hiding. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rout/#m3)

### In the lessons

in tales of battles, the defeated army or mice scatter in panic; in lessons it names what happens when one side breaks and flees

### Examples

- A great rout overwhelmed the Mice. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rout/#x1)
- The Mice scattered in rout. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rout/#x2)
- The Bull could not rout out the Mouse from its hole. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rout/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «rout» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rout/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«rout» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/rout.html) on Mova free.