root – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of root

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to root sb out
Participle: rooted sb out
Gerund: rooting sb out

Cognates

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Indicative

Present

Iroot sb out
youroot sb out
he;she;itroots sb out
weroot sb out
youroot sb out
theyroot sb out

Perfect

Ihave rooted sb out
youhave rooted sb out
he;she;ithas rooted sb out
wehave rooted sb out
youhave rooted sb out
theyhave rooted sb out

Past

Irooted sb out
yourooted sb out
he;she;itrooted sb out
werooted sb out
yourooted sb out
theyrooted sb out

Pluperfect

Ihad rooted sb out
youhad rooted sb out
he;she;ithad rooted sb out
wehad rooted sb out
youhad rooted sb out
theyhad rooted sb out

Future

Iwill root sb out
youwill root sb out
he;she;itwill root sb out
wewill root sb out
youwill root sb out
theywill root sb out

Future Perfect

Iwill have rooted sb out
youwill have rooted sb out
he;she;itwill have rooted sb out
wewill have rooted sb out
youwill have rooted sb out
theywill have rooted sb out

Subjunctive

Present

Iroot sb out
youroot sb out
he;she;itroot sb out
weroot sb out
youroot sb out
theyroot sb out

Perfect

Ihave rooted sb out
youhave rooted sb out
he;she;ithave rooted sb out
wehave rooted sb out
youhave rooted sb out
theyhave rooted sb out

Imperfect

Irooted sb out
yourooted sb out
he;she;itrooted sb out
werooted sb out
yourooted sb out
theyrooted sb out

Pluperfect

Ihad rooted sb out
youhad rooted sb out
he;she;ithad rooted sb out
wehad rooted sb out
youhad rooted sb out
theyhad rooted sb out

Conditional

Present

Iwould root sb out
youwould root sb out
he;she;itwould root sb out
wewould root sb out
youwould root sb out
theywould root sb out

Perfect

Iwould have rooted sb out
youwould have rooted sb out
he;she;itwould have rooted sb out
wewould have rooted sb out
youwould have rooted sb out
theywould have rooted sb out

Imperative

youroot sb out
weLet's root sb out
youroot sb out

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

Iam rooting sb out
youare rooting sb out
he;she;itis rooting sb out
weare rooting sb out
youare rooting sb out
theyare rooting sb out

Perfect

Ihave been rooting sb out
youhave been rooting sb out
he;she;ithas been rooting sb out
wehave been rooting sb out
youhave been rooting sb out
theyhave been rooting sb out

Past

Iwas rooting sb out
youwere rooting sb out
he;she;itwas rooting sb out
wewere rooting sb out
youwere rooting sb out
theywere rooting sb out

Pluperfect

Ihad been rooting sb out
youhad been rooting sb out
he;she;ithad been rooting sb out
wehad been rooting sb out
youhad been rooting sb out
theyhad been rooting sb out

Future

Iwill be rooting sb out
youwill be rooting sb out
he;she;itwill be rooting sb out
wewill be rooting sb out
youwill be rooting sb out
theywill be rooting sb out

Future Perfect

Iwill have been rooting sb out
youwill have been rooting sb out
he;she;itwill have been rooting sb out
wewill have been rooting sb out
youwill have been rooting sb out
theywill have been rooting sb out

Conditional

Present

Iwould be rooting sb out
youwould be rooting sb out
he;she;itwould be rooting sb out
wewould be rooting sb out
youwould be rooting sb out
theywould be rooting sb out

Perfect

Iwould have been rooting sb out
youwould have been rooting sb out
he;she;itwould have been rooting sb out
wewould have been rooting sb out
youwould have been rooting sb out
theywould have been rooting sb out

Other

Verbs conjugated like 'root'

abandon, abduct, abear, aberr, abject, abord, abort, abound, abraid, abray, abrook, abscind, abscond, absist, absorb, abstain, abstract, accend, accent, accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)

Verbs similar to 'root'

boot, foot, hoot, loot, moot, poot, riot, roof, rook, rool,

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

to engage in sexual intercourse
bang, bauf, beat, boff, boink, bone, bonk, bop, bounce, breed, bump nasties, bump uglies, catch a dick, cohabit, company, copulate, couple, dance, discuss Uganda, do it, do the deed, do the nasty, eff, engender, exchange flesh, expletive deleted, feck, frack, frak, frig, fuck, get busy, get freaky, get it, get it on, get jiggy, get laid, get one's end away, get one's freak on, get one's groove on, get one's leg over, get one's oats, get physical, get some, go all the way, graft the forked tree, haul one's ashes, have it off, have marital relations, have sex, have sexual relations, hump, intercourse, jig-jig, make it, make love, make the beast with two backs, make whoopee, mate, meddle, ming, play, ride, rock and roll, roger, roll around, see someone's etchings, sex, shag, share a bed, shelve, show someone one's etchings, slap bellies, sleep together, stick, tumble, wango tango
to plant or establish firmly
ingrain, radicate, settle

Additional Information

Etymology

1. "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 O.E. cognate was wyrt "root, herb, plant" (see wort); also cognate with L. radix. The usual O.E. words for "root" were wyrttruma and wyrtwala. Fig. use is from c.1200. Of teeth, hair, etc., from c.1225. Mathematical sense is from 1557. Slang meaning "penis" is recorded from 1846. The verb meaning "fixed or firmly attached by roots" (often fig.) is attested from 1398; sense of "to pull up by the root" (now usually uproot) also is from 1398. Root beer first recorded 1843, Amer.Eng.; root doctor is from 1821.
2. PIE word
3. *wréh₂ds
4. From Middle English rote, root, roote (“the underground part of a plant”), from late Old English rōt, from Old Norse rót (“root”), from Proto-Germanic *wrōts (“root”), from Proto-Indo-European *wréh₂ds (“root”); Doublet of wort, radish, and radix.
5. Cognate with Scots ruit, rute (“root”), Danish rod (“root”), Faroese and Icelandic rót (“root”), Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish rot (“root”). See: Scots 'ruit'.

Sample Sentences

  • [...] walk, under a noble avenue of China trees, whose graceful forms and ever-springing foliage seemed to be the only things there that neglect could not daunt or alter,—like noble spirits, so deeply rooted in goodness, as to flourish and grow stronger amid discouragement and decay. (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)