uproot

up·root

U0136700 (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.

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up·root′ed·ness n.up·root′er n.

uproot

(ʌpˈruːt) vb (tr) 1. to pull up by or as if by the roots2. to displace (a person or persons) from native or habitual surroundings3. to remove or destroy utterly upˈrootedness n upˈrooter n

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]

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

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	uproot - move (people) forcibly from their homeland into a new and foreign environment; "The war uprooted many people"deracinatedisplace - 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"extirpate, root out, eradicate, exterminatedestroy, 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 roots; "uproot the vine that has spread all over the garden"root out, deracinate, extirpatestub - pull up (weeds) by their rootsmove, 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"

uproot

verb1. displace, remove, exile, disorient, deracinate the trauma of uprooting them from their homes2. pull up, dig up, root out, weed out, rip up, grub up, extirpate, deracinate, pull out by the roots fallen trees which have been uprooted by the storm

uproot

verbTo destroy all traces of:abolish, annihilate, blot out, clear, eradicate, erase, exterminate, extinguish, extirpate, kill, liquidate, obliterate, remove, root (out or up), rub out, snuff out, stamp out, wipe out.Idioms: do away with, make an end of, put an end to.

Translations

连根拔起

uproot

(apˈruːt) verb to pull (a plant etc) out of the earth with the roots. I uprooted the weeds and burnt them. 連根拔起 连根拔起