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1. | [ noun ] (botany) the usually underground organ that lacks buds or leaves or nodes; absorbs water and mineral salts; usually it anchors the plant to the ground | |
Related terms: | plant_organ licorice_root ginseng pneumatophore senega chicory salsify Hottentot_bread horseradish calamus radish taro mandrake_root prop_root cassava carrot parsnip sarsaparilla_root briarroot taproot adventitious_root orrisroot rootlet root_system bark root_cap root_hair parenchyma botany | |
2. | [ verb ] take root and begin to grow | |
Examples: | "this plant roots quickly" |
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Related terms: | grow grow | |
3. | [ noun ] (linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed | |
Synonyms: | stem base theme radical root_word | |
Examples: | "thematic vowels are part of the stem" |
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Related terms: | form linguistics | |
4. | [ noun ] the place where something begins, where it springs into being | |
Synonyms: | source origin beginning rootage | |
Examples: | "the Italian beginning of the Renaissance" "Jupiter was the origin of the radiation" "Pittsburgh is the source of the Ohio River" "communism's Russian root" |
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Related terms: | point home headwaters derivation fountainhead birthplace spring trail_head point_source jumping-off_place wellhead | |
5. | [ noun ] (mathematics) a number that when multiplied by itself some number of times equals a given number | |
Related terms: | number square_root cube_root | |
6. | [ noun ] (mathematics) the set of values that give a true statement when substituted into an equation | |
Synonyms: | solution | |
Related terms: | set | |
7. | [ verb ] become settled or established and stable in one's residence or life style | |
Synonyms: | take_root settle_down settle steady_down | |
Examples: | "He finally settled down" |
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Related terms: | stabilize roost | |
8. | [ verb ] dig with the snout | |
Synonyms: | rootle rout | |
Examples: | "the pig was rooting for truffles" |
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Related terms: | dig | |
9. | [ verb ] cause to take roots | |
Related terms: | grow | |
10. | [ adjective ] arising from or going to the root | |
Synonyms: | radical | |
Examples: | "a radical flaw in the plan" |
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Related terms: | basic | |
11. | [ verb ] take sides with; align oneself with; show strong sympathy for | |
Synonyms: | side pull | |
Examples: | "We all rooted for the home team" "I'm pulling for the underdog" "Are you siding with the defender of the title?" |
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Related terms: | back side | |
12. | [ verb ] come into existence, originate | |
Examples: | "The problem roots in her depression" |
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Related terms: | become beginning | |
13. | [ noun ] someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote that a grandparent) | |
Synonyms: | ancestor antecedent ascendent ascendant | |
Related terms: | descendant relative forefather foremother progenitor forebear ancestress | |
14. | [ noun ] (linguistics) a simple form inferred as the common basis from which related words in several languages can be derived by linguistic processes | |
Synonyms: | etymon | |
Related terms: | form | |
15. | [ verb ] plant by the roots | |
Related terms: | plant | |
16. | [ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 1834 | |
17. | [ noun ] (anatomy,zoology) the part of a tooth that is embedded in the jaw and serves as support | |
Synonyms: | tooth_root | |
Related terms: | structure tooth cementum | |
Similar spelling: |
rot rout Rott roth rote Rota Routt Routh route Rothe rodeo Roath Rod rood Rodi Rode Rodd Roda road |