Meaning

1 senses

  1. (informal)To turn a bright red or purple color.

Examples

11 sentences

  1. I took a beetroot extract today.

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  2. I drank some beetroot extract today.

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  3. Tom went red as a beetroot.

    deTom wurde rot wie eine Rübe. — Adelpa

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  4. He went as red as a beetroot.

    deEr wurde knallrot. — wolfgangth

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  5. Tom went as red as a beetroot.

    deTom wurde rot wie eine Rübe. — Adelpa

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Origin

From beet + root.

From beet + root.

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Forms

beetroots, beetrooting, beetrooted, beetrooted
Base formbeetroot · to beetroot
3rd person singularbeetroots
Present participlebeetrooting
Past simplebeetrooted
Past participlebeetrooted

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theybeetroot
he, she, itbeetroots

Past simpleLesson

all personsbeetrooted

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave beetrooted
he, she, ithas beetrooted

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill beetroot

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
beetbeetlebefallbefitbeforeA1
beetroot — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto