root something out/up

Examples of rooting

rooting

In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.

Rooting depths were greatly in-uenced by the prevailing temperat u r e s.
Rooting patterns in near-isogenic lines of spring wheat for dwarfism.
In other words, compulsory 'rooting' and 'sifting' of the population went hand in hand with relief efforts.
The expected rooting success for over 400 named clones is given.
For each tree, the central taproot was followed (when present), and excavation progressed until the maximum rooting depth was reached whenever possible.
To better focus on the coming mortality period, the few juveniles that displayed signs of early drought, leaf wilting or poor rooting were ignored.
Under adequate water supply, the wheat crop generally is irrigated at the crown rooting, tillering, jointing, -owering and dough stages.
However, there is strong evidence to suggest that vegetative regrowth from lateral rooting of maturing sandalwood is at least as important in regenerating the stock.
Rooting ability of cuttings relates to phylogeny, habitat preference and growth characteristics of tropical rainforest trees.
Rooting the measurement of animal-environment relations in natural law and constraints offers the sought-after common basis of perception and action.
Rooting depth did not surpass 10 cm for understorey plants and was about twice as deep for gap plants.
Alley trees can grow on degraded land and restore nutrients to the land due to their deep rooting pattern12.
Whilst fossorial crabs themselves may be restricted by the hard, dense clay substrate that supports a thick rooting mat, the unanswered question remains: are seedlings restricted by sandy soils?
Apparently this decision has been taken almost without any real thought of the consequent rooting-up of families who by tradition have been based upon this place for 150 years.
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