rout

«rout» in Mova's school dictionary: a complete defeat in which the losing side runs away in… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

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

meaning for a pupil

1) A rout is a complete defeat in which the losing side runs away in confusion. tree →

2) (verb) To rout someone is to drive them away and defeat them completely. tree →

3) (verb, with «out») To rout out is to find and drive someone out of hiding. tree →

sense 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 →
• The Mice scattered in rout. tree →
• The Bull could not rout out the Mouse from its hole. tree →

note

nothing for maths

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «rout» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.