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US
/ˈɹut/
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[ 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.
- 10 For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows. Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume VI (Acts to Revelation)
- His self-image is rooted in robotic toughness, like the shape-shifting, molten-metal fiend in Terminator 2: Judgment Day.
- Unless you've been hiding under an unfashionable rock for the past year, you'll have the word camel firmly rooted in your fashionista lexicon. Philippa Young: Camel: It Doesn't Matter if You're Black or White
- At the root of the problem is nothing so mundane as access to the hills and glens but the booming industry in Scottish barony titles that sell on average for £55,000 each.
- Another serious fungal disease in Africa is Fusarium wilt or Panama disease, which attacks the roots of the banana plant, affecting the vascular system required for mineral and water transport.
- Rising waters would uproot prosperous farmers from the fertile riverbanks, forcing an estimated 100,000 people to move to higher ground where they could no longer plant corn and wheat.
- The Oni character is a deep-rooted aspect of Japanese culture.
