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# uproot

verb (uproot, uproots, uprooted, uprooting)

«uproot» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. To uproot is to pull a plant or tree out of the ground with its roots. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/uproot/#m1)
2. To make people leave their home and move to a new place (The war uprooted many families). [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/uproot/#m2)
3. To get rid of something completely (to uproot a bad habit). [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/uproot/#m3)

### In the lessons

In science and gardening: storms uproot trees; uproot weeds. In history and geography lessons about refugees: people uprooted by war. Phrases: uprooted trees, uproot a family.

### Examples

- The storm uprooted the old oak. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/uproot/#x1)
- Pull the weeds up — uproot them completely. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/uproot/#x2)
- The war uprooted thousands of families. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/uproot/#x3)
- Moving to another country uprooted our lives. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/uproot/#x4)
- Pigs uproot plants with their snouts. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/uproot/#x5)
- The elephant uprooted a small tree. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/uproot/#x6)
- A VERY LARGE OAK was uprooted by the wind and thrown across a stream. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/uproot/#x7)

### Note

Regular: uprooted. up + root.

## In Jewish tradition

In Psalms it means to pull up cities and destroy them so completely that nothing is remembered.

**Interpretation.** Tradition reads this as praise that God judges the proud enemies of His people and brings their power to an end.

### Examples

- O thou enemy, the waste places are come to an end for ever; and the cities which thou didst uproot, their very memorial is perished. (Writings PSA.9.7, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/U/uproot/#x1)

### Note

Regular: uprooted. up + root.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «uproot» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/uproot/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«uproot» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/uproot.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «uproot» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/U/uproot/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«uproot» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/uproot.html) on Mova free.