He's spent all afternoon rooting up last year's spinach plants.
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Rooting
Synonyms for "rooting" (23 found)
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Related words (11)
Noun(11 words)
integrationplant establishmentpropagatepurgeroot developmentroot formationroot growthrootedsettlingsupportsupporting
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More general
23 entriesadjectivebehaviorbiological processbotanical processbotanical traitdescriptordevelopmenteradicationestablishmentexpression of supportgrowinggrowthgrowth processmaturationontogenesisontogeny
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15 entriesacclimatizationadventitious rootingair rootingchantingcheeringcorruption eradicationcrime eliminationcultural integrationcultural rootingfibrous rootinghistorical rootinglateral root formationrooting cuttingssettling insupporting
Collocations
11 entriesadventitious rootingrooting cuttingsrooting depthrooting hormonerooting mediumrooting patternrooting powderrooting processrooting substraterooting systemrooting zone
Inflections
3 entriesDerivations
7 entriesSample sentences
12 total sentences available.
The pig snorted while rooting around in search of truffles.
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Who are you rooting for?
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We were all rooting for Tom.
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Showing 4 of 12 available sentences.