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up·root

 (ŭp-ro͞ot′, -ro͝ot′)
tr.v.up·root·ed,up·root·ing,up·roots
1. To pull up (a plant and its roots) from the ground.
2. To destroy or remove completely; eradicate.
3. To force to leave an accustomed or native location.

up·root′ed·ness n.
up·root′er n.
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uproot

(ʌpˈruːt)
vb (tr)
1.to pull up by or as if by the roots
2.to displace (a person or persons) from native or habitual surroundings
3.to remove or destroy utterly
upˈrootednessn
upˈrootern
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up•root

(ʌpˈrut, -ˈrʊt)

v.t.
1. to pull out by or as if by the roots.
2. to destroy or eradicate as if by pulling out roots.
3. to displace or remove violently, as from a home, country, customs, or way of life.
v.i.
4. to become uprooted.
[1610–20]
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uproot


Past participle:uprooted
Gerund:uprooting

Imperative
uproot
uproot
Present
I uproot
you uproot
he/she/it uproots
we uproot
you uproot
they uproot
Preterite
I uprooted
you uprooted
he/she/it uprooted
we uprooted
you uprooted
they uprooted
Present Continuous
I am uprooting
you are uprooting
he/she/it is uprooting
we are uprooting
you are uprooting
they are uprooting
Present Perfect
I have uprooted
you have uprooted
he/she/it has uprooted
we have uprooted
you have uprooted
they have uprooted
Past Continuous
I was uprooting
you were uprooting
he/she/it was uprooting
we were uprooting
you were uprooting
they were uprooting
Past Perfect
I had uprooted
you had uprooted
he/she/it had uprooted
we had uprooted
you had uprooted
they had uprooted
Future
I will uproot
you will uproot
he/she/it will uproot
we will uproot
you will uproot
they will uproot
Future Perfect
I will have uprooted
you will have uprooted
he/she/it will have uprooted
we will have uprooted
you will have uprooted
they will have uprooted
Future Continuous
I will be uprooting
you will be uprooting
he/she/it will be uprooting
we will be uprooting
you will be uprooting
they will be uprooting
Present Perfect Continuous
I have been uprooting
you have been uprooting
he/she/it has been uprooting
we have been uprooting
you have been uprooting
they have been uprooting
Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been uprooting
you will have been uprooting
he/she/it will have been uprooting
we will have been uprooting
you will have been uprooting
they will have been uprooting
Past Perfect Continuous
I had been uprooting
you had been uprooting
he/she/it had been uprooting
we had been uprooting
you had been uprooting
they had been uprooting
Conditional
I would uproot
you would uproot
he/she/it would uproot
we would uproot
you would uproot
they would uproot
Past Conditional
I would have uprooted
you would have uprooted
he/she/it would have uprooted
we would have uprooted
you would have uprooted
they would have uprooted
Collins English Verb Tables © HarperCollins Publishers 2011
ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Verb1.uproot - move (people) forcibly from their homeland into a new and foreign environmentuproot - move (people) forcibly from their homeland into a new and foreign environment; "The war uprooted many people"
displace - cause to move, usually with force or pressure; "the refugees were displaced by the war"
2.uproot - destroy completely, as if down to the roots; "the vestiges of political democracy were soon uprooted" "root out corruption"
destroy,destruct - do away with, cause the destruction or undoing of; "The fire destroyed the house"
3.uproot - pull up by or as if by the rootsuproot - pull up by or as if by the roots; "uproot the vine that has spread all over the garden"
stub - pull up (weeds) by their roots
move,displace - cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense; "Move those boxes into the corner, please"; "I'm moving my money to another bank"; "The director moved more responsibilities onto his new assistant"
Based on WordNet 3.0, Farlex clipart collection. © 2003-2012 Princeton University, Farlex Inc.

uproot

verb
1.displace,remove,exile,disorient,deracinatethe trauma of uprooting them from their homes
2.pull up,dig up,root out,weed out,rip up,grub up,extirpate,deracinate,pull out by the rootsfallen trees which have been uprooted by the storm
Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

uproot

verb
The American Heritage® Roget's Thesaurus. Copyright © 2013, 2014 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
Translations
يَقْتَلِع
vytrhnout i s kořeny
uppræta; rífa upp meî rótum
išrauti su šaknimis
izraut ar saknēm
vytrhnúť aj s koreňmi
kökünden sökmek

uproot

[ʌpˈruːt]VTdesarraigar,arrancar (de raíz); (=destroy) →eliminar,extirpar
whole families have been uprootedfamiliasenteras se hanvistodesarraigadas
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

uproot

[ʌpˈruːt]vt
[+plant, tree] →déraciner
[+family, refugees] →déraciner
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

uproot

vt plantentwurzeln; (fig:= eradicate)evilausmerzen;uprooted by the wardurch denKriegentwurzelt;heuprooted his whole family (from their home) and moved to New Yorkerriss seineFamilie aus ihrergewohntenUmgebung undzog nachNew York
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

uproot

[ʌpˈruːt]vtsradicare
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

uproot

(apˈruːt) verb
to pull (a plantetc) out of the earth with the roots.I uprooted the weeds and burnt them. ontwortel, uittrek يَقْتَلِع изкоренявам desenraizar vytrhnout i s kořenyausreißen rykke op med rodξεριζώνωdesarraigar,arrancar välja juurima از ریشه درآوردن kiskoa juurineendéraciner לַעֲקוֹר מִן הַשוֹרֶש जड़ से उखाड़ना iskorijeniti gyökerestül kitép mencabut uppræta; rífa upp með rótumsradicare,estirpare 根こそぎにする 뿌리째 뽑다 išrauti su šaknimis izraut ar saknēm mencabut met wortel en al uittrekkenrykke opp med rota wyrwać z korzeniami له مونډه ويستل، له بيخه كښل، له نيلو ويستل، له سټپې ايستل، له منځ وړل، پوپنا كول، ورك كول desenraizar a dezrădăcina вырывать с корнем vytrhnúť aj s koreňmi izpuliti iskoreniti rycka upp med rötterna ถอนต้นไม้ kökünden sökmek 連根拔起 виривати з коренем, викорінювати جڑ سے اکھاڑنا nhổ bật rễ连根拔起
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The Wild Sow, whom you see daily digging up the earth, wishes touproot the oak, so she may on its fall seize our families as food for her young." Having thus frightened the Eagle out of her senses, she crept down to the cave of the Sow, and said, "Your children are in great danger; for as soon as you go out with your litter to find food, the Eagle is prepared to pounce upon one of your little pigs." Having instilled these fears into the Sow, she went and pretended to hide herself in the hollow of the tree.
He looked up at the two perched high above him, his red-rimmed eyes blazing with insane hatred, and then he wound his trunk about the bole of the tree, spread his giant feet wide apart and tugged touproot the jungle giant.
Circles, craters, anduprooted mountains succeeded each other incessantly.
By and by, anuprooted tree, with shattered branches, came drifting along the current, and got entangled among the rocks.
The pine-trees, aged, black, and solemn, and flinging groans and other melancholy utterances on the breeze, needed little transformation to figure as Puritan elders the ugliest weeds of the garden were their children, whom Pearl smote down anduprooted most unmercifully.
Dantes redoubled his efforts; he seemed like one of the ancient Titans, whouprooted the mountains to hurl against the father of the gods.
This tree is the elephant's favourite food, and there were not wanting signs that the great brutes had been about, for not only was their spoor frequent, but in many places the trees were broken down and evenuprooted. The elephant is a destructive feeder.
There were the trunks of treesuprooted by the undermining of the river banks, giant creepers, flowers, grasses, and now and then the body of some land animal or bird.
Theuprooted trees lay on one side of the mountain trail, perhaps a mile from the mouth of the cave which had been covered over, entombing the Beecher party.
it no longer bares its bosom with so dazzling a prodigality, for it is many a day since it wasuprooted. The little dryad long since fled away weeping,--fled away, said evil tongues, fled away to the town.
Of all the strange,uprooted people among the first settlers, those two men were the strangest and the most aloof.
When I went to the forest I found the tree newlyuprooted, and the arrows lying beside it, and I feared I should never see you again.

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