uproot
part of speech
verb (uproot, uproots, uprooted, uprooting)
meaning for a pupil
1) To uproot is to pull a plant or tree out of the ground with its roots. tree →
2) To make people leave their home and move to a new place (The war uprooted many families). tree →
3) To get rid of something completely (to uproot a bad habit). tree →
sense in the lessons
In the Tanakh and 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. In the primary 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
- 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 →
- The storm uprooted the old oak. tree →
- Pull the weeds up — uproot them completely. tree →
- The war uprooted thousands of families. tree →
- Moving to another country uprooted our lives. tree →
- Pigs uproot plants with their snouts. tree →
- The elephant uprooted a small tree. tree →
- A VERY LARGE OAK was uprooted by the wind and thrown across a stream. tree →
note
Regular: uprooted. up + root.
Trees and pragmatics
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