Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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uproot | No | No | Yes | No |
stub | Yes | No | Yes | No |
uproot (noun) | stub (noun) |
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the small unused part of something (especially the end of a cigarette that is left after smoking) | |
a torn part of a ticket returned to the holder as a receipt | |
the part of a check that is retained as a record | |
a short piece remaining on a trunk or stem where a branch is lost | |
a small piece |
uproot (verb) | stub (verb) |
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pull up by or as if by the roots | strike (one's toe) accidentally against an object |
destroy completely, as if down to the roots | clear of weeds by uprooting them |
move (people) forcibly from their homeland into a new and foreign environment | extinguish by crushing |
pull up (weeds) by their roots |