route

noun

A course or way which is traveled or passed.
The route was used so much that it formed a rut.
A regular itinerary of stops, or the path followed between these stops, such as for delivery or passenger transportation.
Here is a map of our delivery routes.
A road or path; often specifically a highway.
Follow Route 49 out of town.
One of multiple methods or approaches to doing something.
One of the major provinces of imperial China from the Later Jin to the Song, corresponding to the Tang and early Yuan circuits.
A specific entry in a router that tells the router how to transmit the data it receives.

verb

To direct or divert along a particular course.
All incoming mail was routed through a single office.
To connect two local area networks, thereby forming an internet.
To send (information) through a router.

verb

To grow roots; to enter the earth, as roots; to take root and begin to grow.
The cuttings are starting to root.
To prepare, oversee, or otherwise cause the rooting of cuttings
We rooted some cuttings last summer.
To be firmly fixed; to be established.
To get root or priviledged access on a computer system or mobile phone, often through bypassing some security mechanism.
I want to root my Android phone so I can remove the preinstalled crapware.

verb

To turn up or dig with the snout.
A pig roots the earth for truffles.
(by extension) To seek favour or advancement by low arts or grovelling servility; to fawn.
To rummage; to search as if by digging in soil.
rooting about in a junk-filled drawer
To root out; to abolish.
To have sexual intercourse.

verb

(with "for" or "on") To cheer (on); to show support (for) and hope for the success of. (See root for.)
I'm rooting for you, don't let me down!

The plural form of route is: routes.
Languages in which route is used:
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