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   root

   /ro͞ot/

   noun

   • 1. the 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 fibers: "cacti have deep and spreading roots" Similar radiclerhizomerootstocktubertap rootrootletrare:radicel
   • ▪ 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 edible root: "roots like beet and carrot cannot be transplanted"
   • ▪ the embedded or basal 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"
   • 2. the basic cause, source, or origin of something: "love of money is the root of all evil" Similar sourceoriginstarting pointseedgermbeginningsgenesiscausereasonbasebasisfoundationbottomseatfundamentalcorenucleusheartkernelnubessencefons et origoliterary:fountainheadwellspringfountrare:radix
   • ▪ family, ethnic, or cultural origins, especially as the reasons for one's long-standing emotional attachment to a place or community: "it's always nice to return to my roots" Similar originsbeginningsfamilyancestorspredecessorsheritagebirthplacenative landmotherlandfatherlandhomelandnative countrynative soil
   • ▪ 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"
   • ▪ 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"
   • ▪ the fundamental note of a chord: "in the sequence the roots of the chords drop by fifths"
   • 3. a number or quantity that when multiplied by itself, typically a specified number of times, gives a specified number or quantity: "find the cube root of the result"
   • ▪ short for square root
   • ▪ a value of an unknown quantity satisfying a given equation: "the roots of the equation differ by an integer"
   • 4. a user account with full and unrestricted access to a system: "make sure that these files can only be accessed by the root user"

   verb

   • 1. cause (a plant or cutting) to grow roots: "root your own cuttings from stock plants" Similar plantbed outsow
   • ▪ (of a plant or cutting) establish roots: "large trees had rooted in the canal bank" Similar take rootgrow rootsbecome establishedestablishstriketake
   • 2. establish deeply and firmly: "vegetarianism is rooted in Indian culture"
   • ▪ have as an origin or cause: "the Latin"
   • 3. cause (someone) to stand immobile through fear or amazement: "George was rooted to the spot in disbelief"
   • 4. gain access to the root account of (a smartphone or computer): "we explained how to manually root almost any Android device"

   Word Origin late Old Englishrōt, from Old Norse rót; related to Latin radix, also to wort.

   Derivatives

   • 1. rootage noun
   • 2. rootlet noun
   • 3. rootlike adjective
   • 4. rooty adjective

   Scrabble Points: 4

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2. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishROOT | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

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   language specialized. The root of a word is its most basic form, to which other parts, such as affixes, can be added: The root of the word "sitting" is "sit". SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. root noun [C] (IN MATHEMATICS) mathematics specialized.

3. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishROOTS | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

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   plural noun. us / ruts, rʊts / Add to word list. family origins, or the particular place you come from and the experiences you have had living there: Somehow, I had forgotten my roots in Kansas. (Definition of roots from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) What is the pronunciation of roots? Translations of roots

4. dictionary.cambridge.org › us › dictionaryROOTS | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

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   plural noun. us / ruts, rʊts / Add to word list. family origins, or the particular place you come from and the experiences you have had living there: Somehow, I had forgotten my roots in Kansas. (Definition of roots from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) What is the pronunciation of roots? Translations of roots

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   The meaning of ROOT is the usually underground part of a seed plant body that originates usually from the hypocotyl, functions as an organ of absorption, aeration, and food storage or as a means of anchorage and support, and differs from a stem especially in lacking nodes, buds, and leaves.

6. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishROOT definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

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   The root of a word is the part that contains its meaning and to which other parts can be added.

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   noun. a part of the body of a plant that develops, typically, from the radicle and grows downward into the soil, anchoring the plant and absorbing nutriment and moisture. a similar organ developed from some other part of a plant, as one of those by which ivy clings to its support. any underground part of a plant, as a rhizome.

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   the condition of belonging to a particular place or group by virtue of social or ethnic or cultural lineage. “his roots in Texas go back a long way”. “he went back to Sweden to search for his roots ”. “his music has African roots ”. see more.

9. www.ldoceonline.com › dictionary › rootroot | meaning of root in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary...

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   root meaning, definition, what is root: the part of a plant or tree that grows u...: Learn more.

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    Roots definition: (of popular music) going back to the origins of a style, esp in being genuine and unpretentious. See examples of ROOTS used in a sentence.

11. www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com › definition › englishroot noun - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage notes...

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    Definition of root noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.