The root is the part of the plant that's underground. Dig up a potato, and you will unearth its roots. Just pull them off before you cook the potato.
To turn up the earth with the snout, as swine.
Noun
the part of a tooth that is embedded in the jaw and serves as support
Noun
(linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed; "thematic vowels are part of the stem"
Noun
a simple form inferred as the common basis from which related words in several languages can be derived by linguistic processes
Noun
the set of values that give a true statement when substituted into an equation
Noun
the place where something begins, where it springs into being; "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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someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent)
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(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
Noun
a number that when multiplied by itself some number of times equals a given number
Verb
take root and begin to grow; "this plant roots quickly"
Verb
cause to take roots
Verb
become settled or established and stable in one''s residence or life style; "He finally settled down"
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take sides with; align oneself with; show strong sympathy for; "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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dig with the snout; "the pig was rooting for truffles"
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plant by the roots
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come into existence, originate; "The problem roots in her depression"
v. i.
To turn up the earth with the snout, as swine.
v. i.
Hence, to seek for favor or advancement by low arts or
groveling servility; to fawn servilely.
v. t.
To turn up or to dig out with the snout; as, the swine
roots the earth.
n.
The underground portion of a plant, whether a true root or a
tuber, a bulb or rootstock, as in the potato, the onion, or the sweet
flag.
n.
The descending, and commonly branching, axis of a plant,
increasing in length by growth at its extremity only, not divided into
joints, leafless and without buds, and having for its offices to fix
the plant in the earth, to supply it with moisture and soluble matters,
and sometimes to serve as a reservoir of nutriment for future growth. A
true root, however, may never reach the ground, but may be attached to
a wall, etc., as in the ivy, or may hang loosely in the air, as in some
epiphytic orchids.
n.
An edible or esculent root, especially of such plants as
produce a single root, as the beet, carrot, etc.; as, the root crop.
n.
That which resembles a root in position or function, esp. as
a source of nourishment or support; that from which anything proceeds
as if by growth or development; as, the root of a tooth, a nail, a
cancer, and the like.
n.
An ancestor or progenitor; and hence, an early race; a stem.
n.
A primitive form of speech; one of the earliest terms
employed in language; a word from which other words are formed; a
radix, or radical.
n.
The cause or occasion by which anything is brought about; the
source.
n.
That factor of a quantity which when multiplied into itself
will produce that quantity; thus, 3 is a root of 9, because 3
multiplied into itself produces 9; 3 is the cube root of 27.
n.
The fundamental tone of any chord; the tone from whose
harmonics, or overtones, a chord is composed.
n.
The lowest place, position, or part.
n.
The time which to reckon in making calculations.
v. i.
To fix the root; to enter the earth, as roots; to take
root and begin to grow.
v. i.
To be firmly fixed; to be established.
v. t.
To plant and fix deeply in the earth, or as in the earth;
to implant firmly; hence, to make deep or radical; to establish; --
used chiefly in the participle; as, rooted trees or forests; rooted
dislike.
v. t.
To tear up by the root; to eradicate; to extirpate; --
with up, out, or away.
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They were the roots out of which sprang two distinct people.
The love of money is a root of all kinds of evil.
When a root is of a birth yknowe [known].
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In deep grounds the weeds root deeper.2.
If any irregularity chanced to intervene and to cause misappehensions, he gave them not leave to root and fasten by concealment.
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The Lord rooted them out of their land . . . and cast them into another land.
To turn up the earth with the snout, as swine.
To turn up or to dig out with the snout;
The underground portion of a plant, whether a true root or a tuber, a bulb or rootstock, as in the potato, the onion, or the sweet flag.
To fix the root; to enter the earth, as roots; to take root and begin to grow.
To plant and fix deeply in the earth, or as in the earth; to implant firmly; hence, to make deep or radical; to establish; -- used chiefly in the participle;
Usage Examples
At the root of the shy temperament is a deep fear of social judgment, one so severe it can sometimes be crippling. Introverted people don't worry unduly about whether they'll be found wanting, they just find too much socializing exhausting and would prefer either to be alone or in the company of a select few people.
At root fame is a sham. I'm not going to live forever and if I am I certainly need don't you to tell me that so that I will buy a car or a box of dried up crackers.
Conscience is the root of all true courage if a man would be brave let him obey his conscience.
At the root of many a woman's failure to become a great cook lies her failure to develop a workmanlike regard for knives.
Ever since the Crusades, when Christians from western Europe were fighting holy wars against Muslims in the near east, western people have often perceived Islam as a violent and intolerant faith - even though when this prejudice took root Islam had a better record of tolerance than Christianity.
And that's how we build the economy of the future. An economy with more jobs and less debt, we root it in fairness. We grow it with opportunity. And we build it together.
Far from idleness being the root of all evil, it is rather the only true good.
Confidence is at the root of so many attractive qualities, a sense of humor, a sense of style, a willingness to be who you are no matter what anyone else might think or say and it's true, I do have a certain fondness for women that have dark hair.
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Other Usage ExamplesEvil being the root of mystery, pain is the root of knowledge.
Because parents have power over children. They feel they have to do what their parents say. But the love of money is the root of all evil. And this is a sweet child. And to see him turn like this, this isn't him. This is not him.
A committee is organic rather than mechanical in its nature: it is not a structure but a plant. It takes root and grows, it flowers, wilts, and dies, scattering the seed from which other committees will bloom in their turn.
Affliction is the wholesome soil of virtue, where patience, honor, sweet humility, and calm fortitude, take root and strongly flourish.
At the time the Sendmail program had a very poor reputation with respect to security, with four root vulnerabilities per year for two successive years.
A molecular manufacturing technology will let us build molecular surgical tools, and those tools will, for the first time, let us directly address the problems at the very root level.
Daoist thought is the root of science and technology in China.
Every legend, moreover, contains its residuum of truth, and the root function of language is to control the universe by describing it.
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