uproot

== English == === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌʌpˈɹuːt/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˌʌpˈɹut/ Rhymes: -uːt Hyphenation: up‧root === Etymology 1 === From up- (prefix indicating a higher direction or position) +‎ root (“to tear up by the roots; (figuratively) to remove forcibly from a place; to eradicate, exterminate”, verb). Root is derived from root (“underground part of a plant”, noun), from Middle English rote, from Old English rōt, rōte, from Old Norse rót, from Proto-Germanic *wrōts, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wréh₂ds (“root”). ==== Verb ==== uproot (third-person singular simple present uproots, present participle uprooting, simple past and past participle uprooted) (transitive) To tear up (a plant, etc.) by the roots, or as if by the roots; to extirpate, to root up. Synonyms: deracinate, disroot, grub up, outroot, rout, unroot (figuratively) To destroy (something) utterly; to eradicate, exterminate. Synonyms: annihilate, obliterate; see also Thesaurus:destroy (figuratively) To remove (someone or something) from a familiar circumstance, especially suddenly and unwillingly. (intransitive, reflexive) Of oneself or someone: to move away from a familiar environment (for example, to live elsewhere). ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ==== Noun ==== uproot (plural uproots) The act of uprooting something. === Etymology 2 === From up- (prefix indicating a higher direction or position) +‎ root (“of a pig or other animal: to dig or turn up with the snout; to search as if by digging in soil, rummage”, verb). Root is derived from Middle English wroten (“to dig or turn up with the snout; to remove soil, dig up”), from Old English wrōtan (“to dig or turn up with the snout”), from Proto-Germanic *wrōtaną (“to dig or turn up with the snout”); further etymology uncertain. ==== Verb ==== uproot (third-person singular simple present uproots, present participle uprooting, simple past and past participle uprooted) (transitive) Of a pig or other animal: to dig up (something in the ground) using the snout; to rummage for (something) in the ground; to grub up, to root, to rout. ===== Translations ===== === References === === Anagrams === root up