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{ "forms": [ { "form": "roots about", "tags": [ "present", "singular", "third-person" ] }, { "form": "rooting about", "tags": [ "participle", "present" ] }, { "form": "rooted about", "tags": [ "participle", "past" ] }, { "form": "rooted about", "tags": [ "past" ] } ], "head_templates": [ { "args": { "1": "*" }, "expansion": "root about (third-person singular simple present roots about, present participle rooting about, simple past and past participle rooted about)", "name": "en-verb" } ], "lang": "English", "lang_code": "en", "pos": "verb", "senses": [ { "glosses": [ "To forage by poking the snout here and there." ], "id": "en-root_about-en-verb-w5ti6lfA", "links": [ [ "forage", "forage" ], [ "poking", "poke" ], [ "snout", "snout" ], [ "here and there", "here and there" ] ], "qualifier": "literal", "raw_glosses": [ "(of a pig, literal) To forage by poking the snout here and there." ], "raw_tags": [ "of a pig" ], "synonyms": [ { "_dis1": "72 8 20", "sense": "literally: to forage", "word": "root around" } ] }, { "categories": [], "examples": [ { "ref": "1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 271", "text": "Besides, the father would not give him leave to go, for he said it was no use his trying, who had so little sense; all he could do was to sit in a corner on the hearth, like a cat, rooting about in the ashes and cutting chips.", "type": "quotation" } ], "glosses": [ "To search for something in a similar manner." ], "id": "en-root_about-en-verb-Ldt8TqC4" }, { "categories": [ { "_dis": "40 7 53", "kind": "other", "name": "English entries with incorrect language header", "parents": [ "Entries with incorrect language header", "Entry maintenance" ], "source": "w+disamb" }, { "_dis": "32 12 56", "kind": "other", "name": "English phrasal verbs with particle (about)", "parents": [], "source": "w+disamb" } ], "examples": [ { "text": "I'm rooting about for ideas for a novel", "type": "example" } ], "glosses": [ "To rummage; to look for something in a somewhat aimless fashion." ], "id": "en-root_about-en-verb-frYH00l9", "links": [ [ "rummage", "rummage" ], [ "look", "look" ], [ "aimless", "aimless" ] ], "raw_glosses": [ "(figuratively) To rummage; to look for something in a somewhat aimless fashion." ], "synonyms": [ { "_dis1": "6 7 86", "sense": "figuratively: to rummage", "word": "root around" }, { "_dis1": "18 0 82", "word": "rummage" }, { "_dis1": "18 0 82", "word": "rootle" } ], "tags": [ "figuratively" ], "translations": [ { "_dis1": "8 9 83", "code": "el", "lang": "Greek", "roman": "anaskalévo", "sense": "(figuratively) to rummage", "word": "ανασκαλεύω" }, { "_dis1": "8 9 83", "code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "rýtʹsja", "sense": "(figuratively) to rummage", "tags": [ "neuter" ], "word": "ры́ться" } ] } ], "word": "root about" }
{ "categories": [ "English entries with incorrect language header", "English lemmas", "English multiword terms", "English phrasal verbs", "English phrasal verbs with particle (about)", "English verbs" ], "forms": [ { "form": "roots about", "tags": [ "present", "singular", "third-person" ] }, { "form": "rooting about", "tags": [ "participle", "present" ] }, { "form": "rooted about", "tags": [ "participle", "past" ] }, { "form": "rooted about", "tags": [ "past" ] } ], "head_templates": [ { "args": { "1": "*" }, "expansion": "root about (third-person singular simple present roots about, present participle rooting about, simple past and past participle rooted about)", "name": "en-verb" } ], "lang": "English", "lang_code": "en", "pos": "verb", "senses": [ { "glosses": [ "To forage by poking the snout here and there." ], "links": [ [ "forage", "forage" ], [ "poking", "poke" ], [ "snout", "snout" ], [ "here and there", "here and there" ] ], "qualifier": "literal", "raw_glosses": [ "(of a pig, literal) To forage by poking the snout here and there." ], "raw_tags": [ "of a pig" ] }, { "categories": [ "English terms with quotations" ], "examples": [ { "ref": "1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 271", "text": "Besides, the father would not give him leave to go, for he said it was no use his trying, who had so little sense; all he could do was to sit in a corner on the hearth, like a cat, rooting about in the ashes and cutting chips.", "type": "quotation" } ], "glosses": [ "To search for something in a similar manner." ] }, { "categories": [ "English terms with usage examples" ], "examples": [ { "text": "I'm rooting about for ideas for a novel", "type": "example" } ], "glosses": [ "To rummage; to look for something in a somewhat aimless fashion." ], "links": [ [ "rummage", "rummage" ], [ "look", "look" ], [ "aimless", "aimless" ] ], "raw_glosses": [ "(figuratively) To rummage; to look for something in a somewhat aimless fashion." ], "tags": [ "figuratively" ] } ], "synonyms": [ { "sense": "literally: to forage", "word": "root around" }, { "sense": "figuratively: to rummage", "word": "root around" }, { "word": "rummage" }, { "word": "rootle" } ], "translations": [ { "code": "el", "lang": "Greek", "roman": "anaskalévo", "sense": "(figuratively) to rummage", "word": "ανασκαλεύω" }, { "code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "rýtʹsja", "sense": "(figuratively) to rummage", "tags": [ "neuter" ], "word": "ры́ться" } ], "word": "root about" }
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