Definition of Root

Noun

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

Verb

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

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