Meaning

One who, or that which, roots; one that tears up by the roots..

Definitions by Sense

1. One who, or that which, roots; one that tears up by the roots.
2. (by extension) A type of heavy machinery similar to a plow for breaking up soil, concrete, asphalt, etc.
3. (woodworking) A blade for producing a narrow groove in a piece of wood.
4. A device for boring a pathway through a blocked drain or sewer.
5. One who roots or rummages through something.
6. (computing) A type of malware that obtains and runs using privileged access, bypassing normal security systems.
7. One who holds a primary or founding position in an enterprise.
8. A plant, viewed in terms of how it establishes its roots.

Example Sentences

The rooter was terrorized, what with the mechanical noises right behind it, and it abandoned evasive turns and darts and made for the horizon with pitiful desperation.

Juveniles arriving early tend to become rooters, while late arrivals are forced into stone-turning, having been chased away by the rooters.

Most rural farming families in the Big Thicket had “rooter hogs and woods cattle” roaming the free range around their homeplaces.

Instantly, the rooters were upon it, tearing savagely at the meat and at each other.

The five rooters or plows are so fastened in the frame that any one or all can be removed if desired, and each rooter is provided with a removable point, which can be taken off and sharpened without removing the entire rooter from the from the frame.

Breaking old concrete is a simple task for powerful tractor and rooter if the teeth are hooked under slab edge and pulled forward, then raised up by rooter's cable lift.

If the airstrip site is on hard and rocky terrain, it will be necessary to loosen and break the soil by using a rooter.

Under difficult soil conditions, rooters that work on the same principle as subsoilers are used. Rooters are larger, heavier, and more sturdily built than subsoilers and can loosen the soil up to a depth of 1 meter ( 3.3 ft ) (Fig. 4-6).

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