[
US
/ˈɹut/
]
[ UK /ɹˈuːt/ ]
[ UK /ɹˈuːt/ ]
VERB
- cause to take roots
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take root and begin to grow
this plant roots quickly -
become settled or established and stable in one's residence or life style
He finally settled down -
come into existence, originate
The problem roots in her depression - plant by the roots
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dig with the snout
the pig was rooting for truffles -
cheer for
She roots for the Broncos
NOUN
- someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent)
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(linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed
thematic vowels are part of the stem - the embedded part of a bodily structure such as a tooth, nail, or hair
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the place where something begins, where it springs into being
communism's Russian root
Jupiter was the origin of the radiation
the Italian beginning of the Renaissance
Pittsburgh is the source of the Ohio River - the set of values that give a true statement when substituted into an equation
- a number that, when multiplied by itself some number of times, equals a given number
- a simple form inferred as the common basis from which related words in several languages can be derived by linguistic processes
- (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
How To Use root In A Sentence
- He hoped the roots would harbor the fungi and spread them throughout the compost, but the fungi didn't spread well enough.
- Gwenhidwy likes to drink a lot, grain alcohol mostly, mixed in great strange mad-scientist concoctions with beef tea, grenadine, cough syrup, bitter belch-gathering infusions of blue scullcap, valerian root, motherwort and lady's-slipper, whatever's to hand really. Gravity's Rainbow
- The Navajo made a tea of spotted coralroot used as a lotion for ringworm or skin disease.
- His self-image is rooted in robotic toughness, like the shape-shifting, molten-metal fiend in Terminator 2: Judgment Day.
- The Oni character is a deep-rooted aspect of Japanese culture.
- But, fortunately, there were cavities in the two teeth on either side of the gap -- one in the first molar and one in the palatine surface of the cuspid; might he not drill a socket in the remaining root and sockets in the molar and cuspid, and, partly by bridging, partly by crowning, fill in the gap? McTeague
- We earthed up the roots firmly when we planted the trees.
- AMEN: Grassroots Football is an incredible interactive roadbook from photographer Jessica Hilltout that depicts the essence of soccer as experienced throughout the African continent. Daniel Maree: Six Positively Promising World Cup Campaigns You Might Have Missed
- Their readings have roots in and derive their stimulus from historical and political schema of dissent outlined in the biblical narratives.
- The ensuing grassroots campaign failed to save "embrangle" (to confuse or entangle) and "caliginosity" (dimness, darkness). Jezebel