uproot
/ˌʌpˈɹut/ verb C2- Of a pig or other animal: to dig up (something in the ground) using the snout; to rummage for (something) in the ground; to grub up, to root, to rout.
He/she/it uproots · Past uprooted · Past participle uprooted · -ing form uprooting
Verb forms
- Base form
- uproot
- He/she/it
- uproots
- Past
- uprooted
- Past participle
- uprooted
- -ing form
- uprooting
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The Wild Sow, whom you see daily digging up the earth, wishes to uproot the oak, so she may on its fall seize our families as food for her young.” Having thus frightened the Eagle out of her senses, she crept down to the cave of the Sow, and said, “Your children are in great danger; for as soon as you go out with your litter to find food, the Eagle is prepared to pounce upon one of your little pigs.” Having instilled these fears into the Sow, she went and pretended to hide herself in the hollow of the tree.
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