English-Thai Dictionary

uproot

VT ถอน ต้นไม้  ถอน ขึ้น จาก ดิน  pull ton-ton-mai

 

uproot

VT ทำลาย  ขจัด ให้ สิ้น  eradicate destroy tam-lai

 

uprooter

N ผู้ ที่ ย้ายถิ่น ฐาน  pu-ti-yai-tin-tan

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

UPROOT

v.t.[up and root. ] To root up; to tear up by the roots; as, to uproot the hills or trees.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

UPROOT

UPROOT Up *root ", v. t.

 

Defn: To root up; to tear up by the roots, or as if by the roots; to remove utterly; to eradicate; to extirpate. Trees uprooted left their place. Dryden. At his command the uprooted hills retired. Milton.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

uproot

up root |ˌəpˈro͞ot, -ˈro͝ot ˌəpˈrut | ▶verb [ with obj. ] 1 pull (something, esp. a tree or plant ) out of the ground: the elephant's trunk is powerful enough to uproot trees. • eradicate; destroy: a revolution is necessary to uproot the social order. 2 • move (someone ) from their home or a familiar location: my father traveled constantly and uprooted his family several times. DERIVATIVES up root er noun

 

Oxford Dictionary

uproot

up ¦root |ʌpˈruːt | ▶verb [ with obj. ] 1 pull (something, especially a tree or plant ) out of the ground. • remove or destroy completely; eradicate: a revolution is necessary to uproot the social order. 2 move (someone ) from their home or a familiar location: my father travelled constantly and uprooted his family several times. DERIVATIVES uprooter noun

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

uproot

uproot verb 1 don't uproot the flowers: pull up, root out, rip out; literary deracinate. ANTONYMS plant. 2 hundreds of families were uprooted: displace, expel, drive out, evict, deport. ANTONYMS establish.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

uproot

uproot verb 1 don't pick or uproot wild flowers: pull up, root out, take out, rip out /up, tear up by the roots, grub out /up; rare deracinate. ANTONYMS plant. 2 a revolution is necessary to uproot the social order: eradicate, get rid of, eliminate, root out, weed out, remove, destroy, put an end to, do away with, wipe out, stamp out, extirpate, abolish, extinguish. ANTONYMS establish.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

uproot

ù p r ó ot 動詞 他動詞 1 〈人 風などが 〉…を根こそぎにする (root up )▸ uproot a plant 植物を根こそぎにする 2 【慣れた土地 環境などから 】…を追い立てる, 退去させる «from » ▸ people uprooted by the war 戦争によって故国を追われた人々 3 〈悪習など 〉を根絶する .