Meaning

1 senses

  1. To dig or pull up by the roots.

Examples

4 sentences

  1. He's spent all afternoon rooting up last year's spinach plants.

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  2. Burchard had every nettle rooted up for three leagues round.

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  3. Jealousy and strife have overthrown great cities, and rooted up mighty nations.

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  4. I have to go to the salon and get my roots touched up.

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Forms

roots up, rooting up, rooted up, rooted up
Base formroot up · to root up
3rd person singularroots up
Present participlerooting up
Past simplerooted up
Past participlerooted up

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyroot up
he, she, itroots up

Past simpleLesson

all personsrooted up

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave rooted up
he, she, ithas rooted up

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill root up

Phrasal verbs

4 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

4 synonyms
root outuprooteradicatederacinate

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
roostroosterrootA2ropeA2rosa
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