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Meaning of ROOT`

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  1. [n]  the part of a tooth that is embedded in the jaw and serves as support
  2. [n]  (linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed; "thematic vowels are part of the stem"
  3. [n]  a simple form inferred as the common basis from which related words in several languages can be derived by linguistic processes
  4. [n]  the set of values that give a true statement when substituted into an equation
  6. [n]  someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote that a grandparent)
  7. [n]  the usually underground organ that lacks buds or leaves or nodes; absorbs water and mineral salts; usually it anchors the plant to the ground
  8. [n]  a number that when multiplied by itself some number of times equals a given number
  9. [adj]  arising from or going to the root; "a radical flaw in the plan"
  11. [v]  take root; begin to grow; of plants
  12. [v]  cause to take roots
  13. [v]  become settled or established and stable in one's residence or life style; "He finally settled down"
  14. [v]  dig with the snout; "the pig was rooting for truffles"
  15. [v]  plant by the roots
  16. [v]  come into existence, originate

ROOT` is a 5 letter word that starts with R.


 Synonyms: ancestor, antecedent, ascendant, ascendent, base, basic, beginning, etymon, origin, pull, radical, radical, root word, rootage, rootle, rout, settle, settle down, side, solution, source, steady down, stem, take root, theme, tooth root
 Antonyms: descendant, descendent
 See Also: adventitious root, anatomical structure, ancestress, back, bark, become, birthplace, bodily structure, body structure, briarroot, calamus, carrot, cassava, cement, cementum, chicory, chicory root, cocoyam, complex body part, cradle, cube root, cut into, dasheen, delve, derivation, dig, eddo, endorse, father, forbear, forebear, forefather, foremother, form, fountainhead, ginseng, grow, head, headspring, headwaters, home, horseradish, horseradish root, Hottentot bread, Hottentot's bread, jumping-off place, jumping-off point, licorice root, mandrake, mandrake root, manioc, number, orris, orrisroot, oyster plant, parenchyma, parsnip, place of origin, plant, plant organ, plump for, plunk for, point, point source, primogenitor, progenitor, prop root, provenance, radish, relation, relative, roost, root cap, root hair, root system, rootage, rootlet, salsify, sarsaparilla root, senega, set, set, signifier, sire, spring, square root, stabilise, stabilize, structure, support, taproot, taro, tooth, trail head, turn over, wellhead, wellspring, word form



Webster's 1913 Dictionary
  1. \ [So called after a Dr. Culver, who used it.] (Bot.)
    The root of a handsome erect herb ({Leptandra, syn. Veronica,
    Virginica}) common in most moist woods of North America, used
    as an active cathartic and emetic; also, the plant itself.
  2. \Root\, v. i. [Cf. {Rout} to roar.]
    To shout for, or otherwise noisly applaud or encourage, a
    superstitious notion that this action may have efficacy; --
    [Slang or Cant, U. S.]
  3. \Root\, v. i. [AS. wr[=o]tan; akin to wr[=o]t a snout,
    trunk, D. wroeten to root, G. r["u]ssel snout, trunk,
    proboscis, Icel. r[=o]ta to root, and perhaps to L. rodere to
    1. To turn up the earth with the snout, as swine.
    2. Hence, to seek for favor or advancement by low arts or
       groveling servility; to fawn servilely.
  4. \Root\, v. t.
    the earth.
    and perhaps to root to turn up the earth. See {Wort}.]
    1. (Bot.)
           potato, the onion, or the sweet flag.
           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
           as in some epiphytic orchids.
       root crop.
       as a source of nourishment or support; that from which
       anything proceeds as if by growth or development; as, the
                 They were the roots out of which sprang two
                 distinct people.                  --Locke.
           employed in language; a word from which other words
           are formed; a radix, or radical.
       (c) The cause or occasion by which anything is brought
           about; the source. ``She herself . . . is root of
           bounty.'' --Chaucer.
                 The love of money is a root of all kinds of
                 evil.                             --1 Tim. vi.
                                                   10 (rev. Ver.)
           multiplied into itself will produce that quantity;
           itself produces 9; 3 is the cube root of 27.
           from whose harmonics, or overtones, a chord is
           composed. --Busby.
       (f) The lowest place, position, or part. ``Deep to the
           roots of hell.'' --Milton. ``The roots of the
           mountains.'' --Southey.
    {A["e]rial roots}. (Bot.)
           open air, which, attaching themselves to the bark of
           trees, etc., serve to support the plant.
           and establish themselves in the soil. See Illust. of
    {Multiple primary root} (Bot.), a name given to the numerous
       roots emitted from the radicle in many plants, as the
    {Primary root} (Bot.), the central, first-formed, main root,
       from which the rootlets are given off.
    {Root and branch}, every part; wholly; completely; as, to
       destroy an error root and branch.
    {Root-and-branch men}, radical reformers; -- a designation
       applied to the English Independents (1641). See Citation
       under {Radical}, n., 2.
    {Root barnacle} (Zo["o]l.), one of the Rhizocephala.
    {Root hair} (Bot.), one of the slender, hairlike fibers found
       on the surface of fresh roots. They are prolongations of
       the superficial cells of the root into minute tubes.
    {Root leaf} (Bot.), a radical leaf. See {Radical}, a., 3
       (b) .
    {Root louse} (Zo["o]l.), any plant louse, or aphid, which
       lives on the roots of plants, as the Phylloxera of the
       grapevine. See {Phylloxera}.
    {Root of an equation} (Alg.), that value which, substituted
       for the unknown quantity in an equation, satisfies the
    {Root of a nail}
    {Root of a tooth} (Anat.), the part of a tooth contained in
       the socket and consisting of one or more fangs.
    {Secondary roots} (Bot.), roots emitted from any part of the
       plant above the radicle.
    {To strike root}, {To take root}, to send forth roots; to
       general, to become planted, fixed, or established; to
       increase and spread; as, an opinion takes root. ``The
       bended twigs take root.'' --Milton.
  6. \Root\ (r[=oo]t), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Rooted}; p. pr. &
    vb. n. {Rooting}.]
    1. To fix the root; to enter the earth, as roots; to take
       root and begin to grow.
             In deep grounds the weeds root deeper. --Mortimer.
    2. To be firmly fixed; to be established.
             If any irregularity chanced to intervene and to
             cause misappehensions, he gave them not leave to
             root and fasten by concealment.       --Bp. Fell.
  7. \Root\, v. t.
    1. To plant and fix deeply in the earth, or as in the earth;
       trees or forests; rooted dislike.
    2. To tear up by the root; to eradicate; to extirpate; --
       with up, out, or away. ``I will go root away the noisome
       weeds.'' --Shak.
             The Lord rooted them out of their land . . . and
             cast them into another land.          --Deut. xxix.
Computing Dictionary


See root mode, go root, wheel.

[jargon file]

2. root directory.

3. root node.

Dream Dictionary
 Definition: Seeing roots of the trees or plants in your dream, symbolizes the depths and core of your unconscious mind and soul. It represents your values and belief system. Alternatively, it indicates your family ties and bonds. You may be searching into your past.
Biology Dictionary
 Definition: The water- and mineral-absorbing part of a plant which is usually underground, does not bear leaves, tends to grow downwards and is typically derived from the radicle of the embryo. See adventitious.