Routing

noun
1.
the scheduling of the route or itinerary of people, freight, etc.
2.
the arranging and scheduling of mail for delivery.
3.
delivery according to scheduled sequence.
noun
1.
a defeat attended with disorderly flight; dispersal of a defeated force in complete disorder:
to put an army to rout; to put reason to rout.
2.
any overwhelming defeat:
a rout of the home team by the state champions.
3.
a tumultuous or disorderly crowd of persons.
4.
the rabble or mob.
5.
Law. a disturbance of the public peace by three or more persons acting together in a manner that suggests an intention to riot although they do not actually carry out the intention.
6.
a large, formal evening party or social gathering.
7.
Archaic. a company or band of people.
verb (used with object)
8.
to disperse in defeat and disorderly flight:
to rout an army.
9.
to defeat decisively:
to rout an opponent in conversation.
noun
1.
a course, way, or road for passage or travel:
What’s the shortest route to Boston?
2.
a customary or regular line of passage or travel:
a ship on the North Atlantic route.
3.
a specific itinerary, round, or number of stops regularly visited by a person in the performance of his or her work or duty:
a newspaper route; a mail carrier’s route.
verb (used with object), routed, routing.
4.
to fix the route of:
to route a tour.
5.
to send or forward by a particular route:
to route mail to its proper destination.
Idioms
6.
go the route, Informal.

to see something through to completion:
It was a tough assignment, but he went the route.
Baseball. to pitch the complete game:
The heat and humidity were intolerable, but the pitcher managed to go the route.

verb (used without object)
1.
to root:
pigs routing in the garden.
2.
to poke, search, or rummage.
verb (used with object)
3.
to turn over or dig up (something) with the snout.
4.
to find or get by searching, rummaging, etc. (usually followed by out).
5.
to cause to rise from bed (often followed by up or out).
6.
to force or drive out.
7.
to hollow out or furrow, as with a scoop, gouge, or machine.
verb (used without object), Archaic.
1.
to snore.
verb (used with or without object)
1.
to bellow; roar.
noun
2.
a bellow.
noun
1.
an overwhelming defeat
2.
a disorderly retreat
3.
a noisy rabble
4.
(law) a group of three or more people proceeding to commit an illegal act
5.
(archaic) a large party or social gathering
verb
6.
(transitive) to defeat and cause to flee in confusion
verb
1.
to dig over or turn up (something), esp (of an animal) with the snout; root
2.
(transitive; usually foll by out or up) to get or find by searching
3.
(transitive) usually foll by out. to force or drive out: they routed him out of bed at midnight
4.
(transitive) often foll by out. to hollow or gouge out
5.
(intransitive) to search, poke, or rummage
noun
1.
the choice of roads taken to get to a place
2.
a regular journey travelled
3.
(capital) (US) a main road between cities: Route 66
4.
(mountaineering) the direction or course taken by a climb
5.
(med) the means by which a drug or agent is administered or enters the body, such as by mouth or by injection: oral route
verb (transitive) routes, routing, routeing, routed
6.
to plan the route of; send by a particular route

tool
/row’ting/ Using a kind of rotating cutting tool called a router, pronounced /row’t*/. In the USA a router, pronounced /row’t*/, is also a network device that performs “routing”. In the UK, the network device is pronounced /roo’t*/ and what it does is spelled “routeing”.
(2002-07-31)