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root

Nouns

• (n) (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
• (n) 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
  origin, source, rootage, beginning,
• (n) (linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed
  • thematic vowels are part of the stem
  root word, stem, theme, radical, base,
• (n) a number that, when multiplied by itself some number of times, equals a given number
• (n) the set of values that give a true statement when substituted into an equation solution,
• (n) someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent) ancestor, antecedent, ascendant, ascendent,
• (n) a simple form inferred as the common basis from which related words in several languages can be derived by linguistic processes etymon,
• (n) the part of a tooth that is embedded in the jaw and serves as support tooth root,

Verbs

• (v) take root and begin to grow
  • this plant roots quickly
• (v) come into existence, originate
  • The problem roots in her depression
• (v) plant by the roots
• (v) dig with the snout
  • the pig was rooting for truffles
  rootle, rout,
• (v) become settled or established and stable in one's residence or life style
  • He finally settled down
  steady down, take root, settle down, settle,
• (v) cause to take roots

Synonyms

origin source rootage beginning root word stem theme radical base rootle rout solution steady down take root settle down settle ancestor antecedent ascendant ascendent etymon tooth root

Antonyms

descendant descendent

Words of close approximity