noun

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. Archaic
   1. a group of people; company; band
   2. a band of followers; retinue
5. Archaic a large, fashionable social gathering in the evening

Etymology: ME route < OFr, troop, band, lit., part broken off < L rupta: see route

transitive verb

1. to put to disorderly flight
2. to defeat overwhelmingly

intransitive verb

1. to dig for food with the snout, as a pig; root
2. to poke or rummage about

Etymology: var. of root

transitive verb

1. to dig up or turn over with the snout
2. to force out