ALL meanings of uproot
up·root
U u - transitive verb uproot plants: pull from the earth 1
- transitive verb uproot remove violently 1
- transitive verb uproot persons: displace 1
- verb with object uproot to pull out by or as if by the roots: The hurricane uprooted many trees and telephone poles. 1
- verb with object uproot to remove violently or tear away from a native place or environment: The industrial revolution uprooted large segments of the rural population. 1
- verb with object uproot to destroy or eradicate as if by pulling out roots: The conquerors uprooted many of the native traditions. 1
- verb with object uproot to displace, as from a home or country; tear away, as from customs or a way of life: to uproot a people. 1
- verb without object uproot to become uprooted. 1
- verb uproot If you uproot yourself or if you are uprooted, you leave, or are made to leave, a place where you have lived for a long time. 0
- verb uproot If someone uproots a tree or plant, or if the wind uproots it, it is pulled out of the ground. 0
- verb uproot to pull up by or as if by the roots 0
- verb uproot to displace (a person or persons) from native or habitual surroundings 0
- verb uproot to remove or destroy utterly 0
- verb transitive uproot to tear up by the roots 0
- verb transitive uproot to destroy or remove utterly; eradicate 0
- verb transitive uproot to remove or force from home or native land 0
- verb uproot To root up; to tear up by the roots, or as if by the roots; to extirpate. 0
- verb uproot (by extension) To remove utterly; to eradicate. 0