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What is the verb for root?

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root
  1. (transitive) To turn up or dig with the snout.
  2. (by extension) To seek favour or advancement by low arts or grovelling servility; to fawn.
  3. (intransitive) To rummage, to search as if by digging in soil.
  4. (transitive) To root out; to abolish.
  5. (horticulture, intransitive) To grow roots
  6. (horticulture, transitive) To prepare, oversee, or otherwise cause the rooting of cuttings
  7. Synonyms:
      8. enroot, embed, engrain, entrench, establish, ground, imbed, implant, ingrain, intrench, lodge, set, anchor, bed, delve, fix, moor, take, dig, fasten, stick, strike, burrow, grub, place, take root, grow roots, become established, become settled, plant, install, instal, impact, insert, base, bury, infix, settle, sink, position, found, deposit, station, build, plunge, inlay, set in, construct, hammer in, set up … more
  8. Examples:
      9. “The resulting soil is loose and fast-draining, which encourages plants to root deeply, well away from the desiccating heat at the surface.”
      “Our active protagonist needs to be relatable, or if the show is about an ensemble, there needs to be somebody we're going to root for.”
      “He fell silent and simply watched her root through the closet.”
root
  1. To fix the root; to enter the earth, as roots; to take root and begin to grow.
  2. To be firmly fixed; to be established.
  3. (computing) To break into a computer system and obtain root access.
  4. Synonyms:
      5. enroot, embed, engrain, entrench, establish, ground, imbed, implant, ingrain, intrench, lodge, set, anchor, bed, delve, fix, moor, take, dig, fasten, stick, strike, burrow, grub, place, take root, grow roots, become established, become settled, plant, install, instal, impact, insert, base, bury, infix, settle, sink, position, found, deposit, station, build, plunge, inlay, set in, construct, hammer in, set up … more
  5. Examples:
      6. “The resulting soil is loose and fast-draining, which encourages plants to root deeply, well away from the desiccating heat at the surface.”
      “Our active protagonist needs to be relatable, or if the show is about an ensemble, there needs to be somebody we're going to root for.”
      “He fell silent and simply watched her root through the closet.”
root
  1. (intransitive, with "for" or "on", US) To cheer (on); to show support (for) and hope for the success of. (See root for.) [late 19th century]
  2. Synonyms:
      3. enroot, embed, engrain, entrench, establish, ground, imbed, implant, ingrain, intrench, lodge, set, anchor, bed, delve, fix, moor, take, dig, fasten, stick, strike, burrow, grub, place, take root, grow roots, become established, become settled, plant, install, instal, impact, insert, base, bury, infix, settle, sink, position, found, deposit, station, build, plunge, inlay, set in, construct, hammer in, set up … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “The resulting soil is loose and fast-draining, which encourages plants to root deeply, well away from the desiccating heat at the surface.”
      “Our active protagonist needs to be relatable, or if the show is about an ensemble, there needs to be somebody we're going to root for.”
      “He fell silent and simply watched her root through the closet.”
rootle
  1. (of an animal) to dig into the ground, with the snout
  2. Synonyms:
      3. rummage, search, scour, comb, forage, ransack, rifle, hunt, rake, fossick, dredge, troll, delve, root, explore, examine, fish, grub, poke, grope, hunt through, search through, dig through, sort through, go through, turn upside down, fossick through, turn inside out, turn over, scrabble around in, ferret about in, ferret around in, look through, rifle through, ferret in, fish about in, root about in, root around in, poke around in, scrabble about in, sift through, dig in, fish around in, grub about in, leave no stone unturned, delve in, rootle around in, roust around in, shake down, look high and low … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “Vietnamese pot-bellied pigs do not rootle but they do like to graze, so a grassed area is important.”
      “Someone will hold up one single finger while they rootle about in a desk drawer for a bag of green tea.”
      “As original scripts are pink-diamond rare, producers rootle elsewhere – amid old plays, new movies, dusty back catalogues, even books.”
rooted
  1. simple past tense and past participle of root
  2. Synonyms:
      3. established, set up, founded, instituted, formed, initiated, created, based, incorporated, assembled, inaugurated, enacted, launched, started up, built, constructed, started, stationed, centered, ensconced, entrenched, erected, grounded, implanted, organized, put in place, secured, setted, brought about, centralized, got going, landed, lodged, moored, planted, positioned, put, set down, centralised, centred, consolidated, domiciliated, embedded, fixed, fixt, installed, organised, placed, stuck, constituted … more
rootling
  1. present participle of rootle
  2. Synonyms:
      3. rummaging, searching, scouring, combing, foraging, ransacking, rifling, hunting, raking, fossicking, dredging, trolling, delving, rooting, exploring, examining, fishing, grubbing, poking, groping, hunting through, searching through, digging through, sorting through, going through, turning upside down, fossicking through, turning inside out, turning over, scrabbling around in, ferreting about in, ferreting around in, looking through, rifling through, ferreting in, fishing about in, rooting about in, rooting around in, poking around in, scrabbling about in, sifting through, digging in, fishing around in, grubbing about in, leaving no stone unturned, delving in, rootling around in, rousting around in, shaking down, looking high and low … more
rooting
  1. present participle of root
  2. Synonyms:
      3. enrooting, embedding, engraining, entrenching, establishing, grounding, imbedding, implanting, ingraining, intrenching, lodging, setting, anchoring, bedding, delving, fixing, mooring, taking, digging, fastening, sticking, striking, burrowing, grubbing, placing, taking root, growing roots, becoming established, becoming settled, cheering, applauding, supporting, clapping, shouting, yelling, rooting for, browsing, rummaging, ferreting, foraging, rootling, searching, hunting, poking, rifling, looking through, poking through, searching through, ferrets about, nosing around … more
rootles
  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of rootle
  2. Synonyms:
      3. rummages, searches, scours, combs, forages, ransacks, rifles, hunts, rakes, fossicks, dredges, trolls, delves, roots, explores, examines, fishes, grubs, pokes, gropes, hunts through, searchs through, digs through, sorts through, goes through, turns upside down, fossicks through, turns inside out, turns over, scrabbles around in, ferrets about in, ferrets around in, looks through, rifles through, ferrets in, fishes about in, roots about in, roots around in, pokes around in, scrabbles about in, sifts through, digs in, fishes around in, grubs about in, leaves no stone unturned, delves in, rootles around in, rousts around in, shakes down, looks high and low … more
rooteth
  1. (archaic) third-person singular simple present indicative form of root
rootled
  1. simple past tense and past participle of rootle
  2. Synonyms:
      3. rummaged, searched, scoured, combed, foraged, ransacked, rifled, hunted, raked, fossicked, dredged, trolled, delved, dalf, dolven, rooted, explored, examined, fished, grubbed, poked, groped, grope, hunted through, searched through, dug through, sorted through, went through, gone through, been through, turned upside down, fossicked through, turned inside out, turned over, scrabbled around in, ferreted about in, ferreted around in, looked through, rifled through, ferreted in, fished about in, rooted about in, rooted around in, poked around in, scrabbled about in, sifted through, dug in, fished around in, grubbed about in, left no stone unturned … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “Once, presumably, this quadrangle with its smooth lawns, its massive buildings, and the chapel itself was marsh too, where the grasses waved and the swine rootled.”
rootest
  1. (archaic) second-person singular simple present form of root
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