| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| PRONUNCIATION: |  r t, r t |
| VERB: | Inflected forms: root·ed, root·ing, roots
| | TRANSITIVE VERB: | To dig with or as if with the snout or nose: Even a blind hog can root up an acorn. | | INTRANSITIVE VERB: | 1. To dig in the earth with or as if with the snout or nose. 2. To rummage for something: rooted around for a pencil in his cluttered office. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English wroten, from Old English wr tan. | | OTHER FORMS: | root er —NOUN
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