(transitive, intransitive) To turn up or dig with the snout. / (by extension) To seek favour or advancement by low arts or grovelling servility; to fawn.

(Australia, New Zealand, vulgar, slang) An act of sexual intercourse. / (Australia, New Zealand, vulgar, slang) A sexual partner.

(intransitive, with "for" or "on", US) To cheer (on); to show support (for) and hope for the success of. (See root for.)

(idiomatic, chiefly US) Alternative form of root about

(of a pig, literally) To forage by poking the snout here and there. / To search for something in a similar manner. / (figuratively) To rummage; to look for something in a somewhat aimless fashion.

(transitive, informal) To encourage (a favored person, team, or result).

(intransitive, literally) To grow roots into soil. / (intransitive, figuratively) To become established, to take hold.

(mathematics) Of a number or expression, a number or expression the cube of which is equal to the given number or expression.

Having roots, or certain type of roots. / Fixed in one position; immobile; unable to move. / (figuratively) Ingrained, as through repeated use; entrenched; habitual or instinctive.

simple past tense and past participle of root