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| root [ root, rt ] (past and past participle root·ed, present participle root·ing, 3rd person present singular roots) |
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1. transitive and intransitive verb dig in ground with snout: to dig in the surface of the ground with the snout or nose out of curiosity or in search of food
 The pigs were rooting for beech nuts.
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2. intransitive verb rummage: to move things about unsystematically while looking for something
rooting in the drawer for a pencil
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| [ Old English wrōtan< Germanic; influenced by root1] |
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