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- DictionaryUp·root/ˌəpˈro͞ot/
verb
- 1. pull (something, especially a tree or plant) out of the ground: "the elephant's trunk is powerful enough to uproot trees"
- 2. move (someone) from their home or a familiar location: "my father traveled constantly and uprooted his family several times"
UPROOT definition: 1. to pull a plant including its roots out of the ground: 2. to remove a person from their home or…. Learn more.
cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense. verb. destroy completely, as if down to the roots. synonyms: eradicate, exterminate, extirpate, root out. see more. see less. type of: destroy, destruct. do away with, cause the destruction or undoing of.
4 days ago · 3 meanings: 1. to pull up by or as if by the roots 2. to displace (a person or persons) from native or habitual surroundings 3..... Click for more definitions.
Definition of uproot verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Apr 3, 2024 · ( 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 .
to pull a tree or plant out of the ground: Hundreds of trees were uprooted in the storm. uproot verb [T] (PERSON) to make someone leave a place where they have been living for a long time: The war has uprooted nearly half the country's population. (Definition of uproot from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
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] Random House Kernerman Webster's College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc.
