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root

გამოთქმა: /ruːt/

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Universal
  • 1the part of a plant which attaches it to the ground or to a support, typically underground, conveying water and nourishment to the rest of the plant via numerous branches and fibres: cacti have deep and spreading roots a tree root [as modifier]:root growth
  • the persistent underground part of a plant, especially when fleshy and enlarged and used as a vegetable, e.g. a turnip or carrot: you should never wash roots before storing
  • any plant grown for its root: roots like beet and carrot cannot be transplanted
  • the embedded part of a bodily organ or structure such as a hair, tooth, or nail:her hair was fairer at the roots
  • the part of a thing attaching it to a greater or more fundamental whole; the end or base: a little lever near the root of the barrel they disappeared from sight behind the root of the crag
  • 2the basic cause, source, or origin of something:money is the root of all evil jealousy was at the root of it [as modifier]:the root cause of the problem
  • (roots) family, ethnic, or cultural origins:it’s always nice to return to my roots
  • (as modifier roots) denoting or relating to something from a particular ethnic or cultural origin, especially a non-Western one:roots music
  • (in biblical use) a scion; a descendant:the root of David
  • Linguistics a morpheme, not necessarily surviving as a word in itself, from which words have been made by the addition of prefixes or suffixes or by other modification: many European words stem from this linguistic root [as modifier]:the root form of the word
  • (also root note) Music the fundamental note of a chord: in the sequence the roots of the chords drop by fifths
  • 3 Mathematics a number or quantity that when multiplied by itself, typically a specified number of times, gives a specified number or quantity.
  • short for square root.
  • a value of an unknown quantity satisfying a given equation: the roots of the equation differ by an integer
  • 4Australian/NZ & Irish vulgar slang an act of sexual intercourse.
  • [with adjective] a sexual partner of a specified ability.

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Universal
  • 1cause (a plant or cutting) to grow roots:root your own cuttings from stock plants
  • [no object] (of a plant or cutting) establish roots:large trees had rooted in the canal bank
  • 2establish deeply and firmly:vegetarianism is rooted in Indian culture
  • (be rooted in) have as an origin or cause:the Latin verb is rooted in an Indo-European word
  • 3 [with object and adverbial] (often as adjective rooted) cause (someone) to stand immobile through fear or amazement:she found herself rooted to the spot in disbelief
  • 4 [with object] Australian/NZ & Irish vulgar slang have sexual intercourse with.
  • exhaust (someone) or frustrate their efforts: (as adjective rooted)grab a pew—you must be rooted

at root

basically; fundamentally:it is a moral question at root

put down roots

(of a plant) begin to draw nourishment from the soil through its roots.
(of a person) begin to have a settled life in a particular place: I think it’s time I put down some roots they have married, put down roots

root and branch

used to express the thorough or radical nature of a process or operation:root-and-branch reform of personal taxation

strike at the root (or roots) of

affect in a vital area with potentially destructive results:the proposals struck at the roots of community life

take root

(of a plant) begin to grow and draw nourishment from the soil through its roots.
become fixed or established:the idea had taken root in my mind

root something out

(also root something up) dig or pull up a plant by the roots: they are rooting up hawthorn bushes they make a mess, root up plants and flowers
find and get rid of someone or something pernicious or dangerous:a campaign to root out corruption

rootedness

noun

rootlet

noun

root-like

adjective

rooty

adjective (rootier, rootiest)

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