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Root

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Noun

a part of the body of a plant that develops, typically, from the radicle and grows downward into the soil, anchoring the plant and absorbing nutriment and moisture.
a similar organ developed from some other part of a plant, as one of those by which ivy clings to its support.
any underground part of a plant, as a rhizome.
something resembling or suggesting the root of a plant in position or function
roots of wires and cables.
the embedded or basal portion of a hair, tooth, nail, nerve, etc.
the fundamental or essential part
the root of a matter.
the source or origin of a thing
The love of money is the root of all evil.
a person or family as the source of offspring or descendants.
an offshoot or scion.
Mathematics .
Also called nth root. a quantity that, when multiplied by itself a certain number of times, produces a given quantity
The number 2 is the square root of 4, the cube root of 8, and the fourth root of 16.
r th root, the quantity raised to the power 1/ r
The number 2 is the 1 3 root of 8.
a value of the argument of a function for which the function takes the value zero.
Grammar .
a morpheme that underlies an inflectional or derivational paradigm, as dance, the root in danced, dancer, or ten-, the root of Latin tendere to stretch.
such a form reconstructed for a parent language, as *sed-, the hypothetical proto-Indo-European root meaning sit.
roots,
a person's original or true home, environment, and culture
He's lived in New York for twenty years, but his roots are in France.
the personal relationships, affinity for a locale, habits, and the like, that make a country, region, city, or town one's true home
He lived in Tulsa for a few years, but never established any roots there.
personal identification with a culture, religion, etc., seen as promoting the development of the character or the stability of society as a whole.
Music .
the fundamental tone of a compound tone or of a series of harmonies.
the lowest tone of a chord when arranged as a series of thirds; the fundamental.
Machinery .
(in a screw or other threaded object) the narrow inner surface between threads. Compare crest ( def. 18 ) , flank ( def. 7 ) .
(in a gear) the narrow inner surface between teeth.
Australian Informal . an act of sexual intercourse.
Shipbuilding . the inner angle of an angle iron.

Verb (used without object)

to become fixed or established.

Verb (used with object)

to fix by or as if by roots
We were rooted to the spot by surprise.
to implant or establish deeply
Good manners were rooted in him like a second nature.
to pull, tear, or dig up by the roots (often fol. by up or out ).
to extirpate; exterminate; remove completely (often fol. by up or out )
to root out crime.

Idioms

root and branch
utterly; entirely
to destroy something root and branch.
take root
to send out roots; begin to grow.
to become fixed or established
The prejudices of parents usually take root in their children.

Antonyms

noun
derivation , derivative , sprout
verb
cover

Synonyms

noun
basis , bedrock , beginnings , bottom , cause , center , crux , derivation , essence , essentiality , footing , foundation , fountain , fountainhead , fundamental , germ , ground , groundwork , heart , inception , infrastructure , mainspring , marrow , motive , nub , nucleus , occasion , origin , pith , provenance , provenience , quick , quintessence , radicle , radix , reason , rhizome , rock bottom * , seat , seed , soul , source , starting point , stem , stuff , substance , substratum , tuber , underpinning , [[wellnotes:a rout is a disorderly crowd of people or an overwhelming defeat; a root is the usually underground organ of a plant that lacks buds or leaves or nodes and absorbs water and mineral salts - or the form of a word after all affixes are removed; a route is an established line of travel or access - or a road]] , course , or way for travel from one place to another , core , gist , kernel , meat , spirit , base , cornerstone , fundament , rudiment , beginning , fount , mother , parent , rootstock , spring , well , focus , hub , bulb , radicel , rootlet , spur , taproot
verb
burrow , delve , embed , ferret , forage , grub , grub up , hunt , ingrain , lodge , nose , place , poke , pry , [[rummagenotes:a rout is a disorderly crowd of people or an overwhelming defeat; a root is the usually underground organ of a plant that lacks buds or leaves or nodes and absorbs water and mineral salts - or the form of a word after all affixes are removed; a route is an established line of travel or access - or a road]] , course , or way for travel from one place to another , entrench , fasten , infix , build , establish , found , ground , predicate , rest , underpin , abolish , blot out , clear , eradicate , erase , exterminate , extinguish , extirpate , kill , liquidate , obliterate , remove , rub out , snuff out , stamp out , uproot , wipe out , cheer , clap , amole , applaud , base , basis , beet , beginning , bottom , bulb , carrot , center , core , deracinate , derivation , dig , elihu , encourage , essence , foundation , fundamental , groundwork , grout , heart , motive , nucleus , origin , plant , radical , radish , reason , rise , rummage , sassafras , search , settle , soul , source , stem , support , tuber , turnip

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  • Root crop

    a crop, as beets, turnips, or sweet potatoes, grown for its large and edible undergound parts.
  • Rooted

    having roots., firmly implanted (often used in combination), a deep -rooted belief .
  • Rootless

    having no roots., having no basis of stability; unsteady, having no place or position in society; not in accord with the environment, adjective, a rootless...
  • Rootlet

    a little root., a small or fine branch of a root., one of the adventitious roots by which ivy or the like clings to rocks or other supports.
  • Rootstock

    horticulture . a root and its associated growth buds, used as a stock in plant propagation., botany . a rhizome., noun, beginning , derivation , fount...
  • Rooty

    abounding in or consisting of roots.
  • Rope

    a strong, thick line or cord, commonly one composed of twisted or braided strands of hemp, flax, or the like, or of wire or other material., a lasso.,...
  • Rope dancer

    a person who walks across or performs acrobatics upon a rope stretched at some height above the floor or ground.
  • Rope walk

    a long, narrow path or building where ropes are made.
  • Rope walker

    a ropedancer.
  • Rope yarn

    see under yarn ( def. 3 ) .
  • Roper

    a strong, thick line or cord, commonly one composed of twisted or braided strands of hemp, flax, or the like, or of wire or other material., a lasso.,...
  • Ropeway

    tramway ( def. 4 ) .
  • Ropiness

    resembling a rope or ropes, forming viscid or glutinous threads, as a liquid., ropy muscles .
  • Ropy

    resembling a rope or ropes, forming viscid or glutinous threads, as a liquid., ropy muscles .
  • Roquet

    to cause one's ball to strike (another player's ball)., (of a ball) to strike (another player's ball)., to roquet a ball., an act or instance of roqueting.
  • Rorqual

    any of several whales of the genus balaenoptera; finback.
  • Rosaceous

    belonging to the plant family rosaceae. compare rose family ., having a corolla of five broad petals, like that of a rose., like a rose; roselike, rose-colored;...
  • Rosarian

    a person who is fond of, develops, or cultivates roses.
  • Rosarium

    a rose garden.
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