- nounroot (noun) · roots (plural noun) · root note (noun) · root notes (plural noun)
- 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" · "a tree root"
- 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"
- the basic cause, source, or origin of something:"love of money is the root of all evil" · "jealousy was at the root of it" · "the root cause of the problem"
- (roots)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"
- (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"
- linguisticsa 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 root form of the word"
- musicthe fundamental note of a chord:"in the sequence the roots of the chords drop by fifths"
- mathematicsa 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"
- computinga user account with full and unrestricted access to a system:"make sure that these files can only be accessed by the root user" · "I need to log in as root on my system to resolve an issue"
verbroot (verb) · roots (third person present) · rooted (past tense) · rooted (past participle) · rooting (present participle)- cause (a plant or cutting) to grow roots:"root your own cuttings from stock plants"
- (of a plant or cutting) establish roots:"large trees had rooted in the canal bank"
- establish deeply and firmly:"vegetarianism is rooted in Indian culture"
- (be rooted in)have as an origin or cause:"the Latin dubitare is rooted in an Indo-European word"
- (be rooted to)cause (someone) to stand immobile through fear or amazement:"George was rooted to the spot in disbelief" · "fear rooted me to the spot"
- computinggain access to the root account of (a smartphone or computer):"we explained how to manually root almost any Android device"
OriginOld English rōt, from Old Norse rót; related to wort, also to Latin radix.verbroot (verb) · roots (third person present) · rooted (past tense) · rooted (past participle) · rooting (present participle)- (of an animal) turn up the ground with its snout in search of food:"stray dogs rooting around for bones and scraps"
- search unsystematically through an untidy mass or area; rummage:"she was rooting through a pile of papers"
nounroot (noun) · roots (plural noun)- an act of rooting:"I have a root through the open drawers"
OriginOld English wrōtan, of Germanic origin; related to Old English wrōt ‘snout’.Similar and Opposite Wordsnoun- 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:
- the basic cause, source, or origin of something:
- family, ethnic, or cultural origins, especially as the reasons for one's long-standing emotional attachment to a place or community:
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- The word "root" has multiple meanings in English1234. Here are some of them:
- Origin, source, inception, or the point at which something begins its course or existence1.
- In English grammar and morphology, a root is a word or word element from which other words grow, usually through the addition of prefixes and suffixes23.
- In botany, a root is the part of a plant that grows underground, gets water from the ground, and holds the plant in place4.
Learn more:✕This summary was generated using AI based on multiple online sources. To view the original source information, use the "Learn more" links.origin, source, inception, root mean the point at which something begins its course or existence. origin applies to the things or persons from which something is ultimately derived and often to the causes operating before the thing itself comes into being.www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rootIn English grammar, a root is a word or portion of a word from which other words grow, usually through the addition of prefixes and suffixes. By learning root words, you can decipher unfamiliar words, expand your vocabulary, and become a better English speaker. Most words in the English language are based on words from ancient Greek and Latin.
www.thoughtco.com/common-word-roots-in-englis…In English grammar and morphology, a root is a word or word element (in other words, a morpheme) from which other words grow, usually through the addition of prefixes and suffixes. Also called a root word. In Greek and Latin Roots (2008), T. Rasinski et al. define root as "a semantic unit.
www.thoughtco.com/root-words-definition-1692068Britannica Dictionary definition of ROOT 1 [count] : the part of a plant that grows underground, gets water from the ground, and holds the plant in place Elm trees have shallow roots. Pull weeds up by the roots so that they don't grow back. — see color picture on this pagewww.britannica.com/dictionary/root Root Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster
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