Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to rootle
Participle: rootled
Gerund: rootling
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | rootle |
| you | rootle |
| he;she;it | rootles |
| we | rootle |
| you | rootle |
| they | rootle |
Perfect
| I | have rootled |
| you | have rootled |
| he;she;it | has rootled |
| we | have rootled |
| you | have rootled |
| they | have rootled |
Past
| I | rootled |
| you | rootled |
| he;she;it | rootled |
| we | rootled |
| you | rootled |
| they | rootled |
Pluperfect
| I | had rootled |
| you | had rootled |
| he;she;it | had rootled |
| we | had rootled |
| you | had rootled |
| they | had rootled |
Future
| I | will rootle |
| you | will rootle |
| he;she;it | will rootle |
| we | will rootle |
| you | will rootle |
| they | will rootle |
Future Perfect
| I | will have rootled |
| you | will have rootled |
| he;she;it | will have rootled |
| we | will have rootled |
| you | will have rootled |
| they | will have rootled |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | rootle |
| you | rootle |
| he;she;it | rootle |
| we | rootle |
| you | rootle |
| they | rootle |
Perfect
| I | have rootled |
| you | have rootled |
| he;she;it | have rootled |
| we | have rootled |
| you | have rootled |
| they | have rootled |
Imperfect
| I | rootled |
| you | rootled |
| he;she;it | rootled |
| we | rootled |
| you | rootled |
| they | rootled |
Pluperfect
| I | had rootled |
| you | had rootled |
| he;she;it | had rootled |
| we | had rootled |
| you | had rootled |
| they | had rootled |
Conditional
Present
| I | would rootle |
| you | would rootle |
| he;she;it | would rootle |
| we | would rootle |
| you | would rootle |
| they | would rootle |
Perfect
| I | would have rootled |
| you | would have rootled |
| he;she;it | would have rootled |
| we | would have rootled |
| you | would have rootled |
| they | would have rootled |
Imperative
| you | rootle |
| we | Let's rootle |
| you | rootle |
Verbs conjugated like 'rootle'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'rootle'
footle,
pootle,
routle,
tootle,
bootleg,
bottle,
coole,
croodle,
crookle,
doodle,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. Etymology tree
2. English root
3. Proto-Germanic *-lōną
4. Old English -lian
5. Middle English -len
6. English -le
7. English rootle
8. From root (“to dig”) + -le (frequentative suffix).
Sample Sentences
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Once, presumably, this quadrangle with its smooth lawns, its massive buildings, and the chapel itself was marsh too, where the grasses waved and the swine rootled. [1929, Virginia Woolf, A Room of One's Own, Penguin Books, paperback edition, page 11]
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Removing internal fences allowed the wild Exmoor ponies and Tamworth pigs he introduced to browse and rootle over large distances, their disruptions creating habitats for other animals and plants. [2019 February 25, Christopher de Bellaigue, “The end of farming?”, in The Guardian:]
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'There's a tin of cocoa in my study somewhere,' Perowne shouted after him. 'Rootle round till you find it, and take it up.' [1908, Rudyard Kipling, Regulus:]
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Bathed and changed, she rootled out Lambie from the bottom of her wardrobe.' [2016, Kerry Greenwood, Murder and Mendelssohn, Sydney: Allen and Unwin, page 288:]