route

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Pronunciation
/ɹʉːt/
/ɹut/
/ɹuːt/
/ɹaʊt/
Noun
6 definition(s)
1 Definition

A course or way which is traveled or passed.

Example Sentences
  • The route was used so much that it formed a rut.
2 Definition

A regular itinerary of stops, or the path followed between these stops, such as for delivery or passenger transportation.

Example Sentences
  • Here is a map of our delivery routes.
3 Definition

A road or path; often specifically a highway.

Example Sentences
  • Follow Route 49 out of town.
4 Definition

One of multiple methods or approaches to doing something.

5 Definition

One of the major provinces of imperial China from the Later Jin to the Song, corresponding to the Tang and early Yuan circuits.

6 Definition

A specific entry in a router that tells the router how to transmit the data it receives.

Verb
13 definition(s)
1 Definition

To direct or divert along a particular course.

Example Sentences
  • All incoming mail was routed through a single office.
2 Definition

To connect two local area networks, thereby forming an internet.

3 Definition

To send (information) through a router.

4 Definition

To grow roots; to enter the earth, as roots; to take root and begin to grow.

Example Sentences
  • The cuttings are starting to root.
5 Definition

To prepare, oversee, or otherwise cause the rooting of cuttings

Example Sentences
  • We rooted some cuttings last summer.
6 Definition

To be firmly fixed; to be established.

7 Definition

To get root or priviledged access on a computer system or mobile phone, often through bypassing some security mechanism.

Synonyms
jailbreak
Example Sentences
  • I want to root my Android phone so I can remove the preinstalled crapware.
8 Definition

To turn up or dig with the snout.

Example Sentences
  • A pig roots the earth for truffles.
9 Definition

(by extension) To seek favour or advancement by low arts or grovelling servility; to fawn.

10 Definition

To rummage; to search as if by digging in soil.

Synonyms
dig out root out rummage
Example Sentences
  • rooting about in a junk-filled drawer
11 Definition

To root out; to abolish.

12 Definition

To have sexual intercourse.

Synonyms
bang drill screw shag
13 Definition

(with "for" or "on") To cheer (on); to show support (for) and hope for the success of. (See root for.)

Synonyms
barrack cheer on
Example Sentences
  • I'm rooting for you, don't let me down!