rout+out
1rout out — index expel, purge (purify) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
2rout out — verb 1. get or find by searching (Freq. 1) What did you rout out in the library? • Syn: ↑rout up • Hypernyms: ↑find, ↑regain • Entailment: ↑search, ↑ …
3To rout out — Rout Rout, v. t. [A variant of root.] To scoop out with a gouge or other tool; to furrow. [1913 Webster] {To rout out} (a) To turn up to view, as if by rooting; to discover; to find. (b) To turn out by force or compulsion; as, to rout people out… …
4rout — rout1 [rout] n. [ME route < OFr, troop, band, lit., part broken off < L rupta: see ROUTE] 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.… …
5Rout — Rout, v. t. [A variant of root.] To scoop out with a gouge or other tool; to furrow. [1913 Webster] {To rout out} (a) To turn up to view, as if by rooting; to discover; to find. (b) To turn out by force or compulsion; as, to rout people out of… …
6rout — Ⅰ. rout [1] ► NOUN 1) a disorderly retreat of defeated troops. 2) a decisive defeat. 3) archaic a disorderly or tumultuous crowd of people. ► VERB ▪ defeat utterly and force to retreat. ORIGIN obsolete French …
7rout — Synonyms and related words: a mass of, a world of, agitation, and bobtail, annihilate, army, attendance, attendant, bafflement, balk, batter, bawl, beat, beating, bellow, best, bevy, bluster, bobbery, body of retainers, boil, boiling, bring down …
8rout — 1. n. & v. n. 1 a disorderly retreat of defeated troops. 2 a an assemblage or company esp. of revellers or rioters. b Law an assemblage of three or more persons who have made a move towards committing an illegal act. 3 riot, tumult, disturbance,… …
9rout — I n 1. conquest, vanquishment, defeat, subjugation, subdual; drubbing, beating, Sl. pasting, Sl. shellacking, trouncing; discomfiture, overwhelming, trampling, overcoming, overpowering, overthrow, wipeout, upset; debacle, disorderly flight,… …
10rout up — verb get or find by searching What did you rout out in the library? • Syn: ↑rout out • Hypernyms: ↑find, ↑regain • Entailment: ↑search, ↑look …
