rooting (verb)

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• root for — verb take sides with; align oneself with; show strong sympathy for We all rooted for the home team I m pulling for the underdog Are you siding with the defender of the title? • Syn: ↑pull • Hypernyms: ↑side …   Useful english dictionary

• root out — verb 1. pull up by or as if by the roots (Freq. 1) uproot the vine that has spread all over the garden • Syn: ↑uproot, ↑extirpate, ↑deracinate • Derivationally related forms: ↑deracination ( …   Useful english dictionary

• root for — verb To encourage a favored person, team, or result. Im rooting for my cousin’s team. Syn: barrack for, support …   Wiktionary

• root about — verb a) To forage by poking the snout here and there. Im rooting about for ideas for a novel b) To rummage; to look for something in a somewhat aimless fashion …   Wiktionary

• root — 1 /ru:t/ noun (C) 1 PLANT the part of a plant or tree that grows under the ground and gets water from the soil: Be careful not to damage the roots when repotting. | tree roots 2 CAUSE OF A PROBLEM the main cause of a problem: Money is the root of …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

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• Regional variation in Australian English — It is sometimes claimed that regional variations in pronunciation and accent of Australian English exist, but if present at all they are very small compared to those of British, Irish and North American English ndash; sufficiently so that… …   Wikipedia

• List of Cars characters — This is a list of characters from the Pixar franchise Cars consisting of the 2006 film Cars and the 2011 film Cars 2. Contents 1 Rust eze Medicated Bumper Ointment team 1.1 …   Wikipedia

• root — {{11}}root (n.) underground part of a plant, late O.E. rot, from O.N. rot root, from P.Gmc. *wrot, *vrot (with characteristic loss of w before r ), from PIE *wrd . The Old English cognate was wyrt root, herb, plant (see WORT (Cf. wort)); also… …   Etymology dictionary

• root for — PHRASAL VERB If you are rooting for someone, you are giving them your support while they are doing something difficult or trying to defeat another person. [INFORMAL] [V P n] Good luck, we ll be rooting for you... [V P n] It s one of those movies… …   English dictionary

• root — I UK [ruːt] / US [rut] noun Word forms root : singular root plural roots *** 1) [countable] the part of a plant that grows under the ground, through which the plant gets water and food Olive trees have deep roots. 2) [countable] the part of a… …   English dictionary