intransitive/transitive to leave the place where you live and go to live somewhere else, especially when you do not want to leave, or to make someone do this
50,000 refugees had been uprooted and were seekingshelter elsewhere.
Don was unwilling to uproot from his home in California.
Synonyms and related words
To leave a place to live elsewhere
move out
relocate
emigrate
2
transitive to pull a whole tree or plant from the ground, including all the roots that grow in the soil
Synonyms and related words
Gardening
aerate
bed out
bonsai
uproot
verb transitive
US /ʌpˈrut/
Word Forms
present tense
I/you/we/they
uproot
he/she/it
uproots
present participle
uprooting
past tense
uprooted
past participle
uprooted
DEFINITIONS2
1
to pull a whole tree or plant from the ground, including all the roots that grow in the soil
Synonyms and related words
Gardening
aerate
bed out
bonsai
2
to force someone out of the place where they live
50,000 refugees have been uprooted by the war.
Floods in the area have uprooteddozens of families.