Root (r t), Elihu 1845-1937. American lawyer and public official who served as U.S. secretary of war (1899-1904), secretary of state (1905-1909), and senator from New York (1909-1915). He won the 1912 Nobel Peace Prize. |
| Root, John Wellborn 1850-1891. American architect whose designs include the Monadnock Building (1889-1891) in Chicago, which employed steel beams along with traditional masonry-bearings walls. |
root 1 (rt, r t)n. 1. The usually underground portion of a plant that lacks buds, leaves, or nodes and serves as support, draws minerals and water from the surrounding soil, and sometimes stores food. 2. Any of various other underground plant parts, especially an underground stem such as a rhizome, corm, or tuber. 3. a. The embedded part of an organ or structure such as a hair, tooth, or nerve, that serves as a base or support. b. A base or support: We snipped the wires at the roots. 4. An essential part or element; the basic core: I finally got to the root of the problem. 5. A primary source; an origin. See Synonyms at origin. 6. A progenitor or ancestor from which a person or family is descended. 7. a. The condition of being settled and of belonging to a particular place or society. Often used in the plural: Our roots in this town go back a long way. b. roots The state of having or establishing an indigenous relationship with or a personal affinity for a particular culture, society, or environment: music with unmistakable African roots. 8. Linguistics a. The element that carries the main component of meaning in a word and provides the basis from which a word is derived by adding affixes or inflectional endings or by phonetic change. b. Such an element reconstructed for a protolanguage. Also called radical. 9. Mathematics a. A number that when multiplied by itself an indicated number of times forms a product equal to a specified number. For example, a fourth root of 4 is  2. Also called nth root.b. A number that reduces a polynomial equation in one variable to an identity when it is substituted for the variable. c. A number at which a polynomial has the value zero. 10. Music a. The note from which a chord is built. b. Such a note occurring as the lowest note of a triad or other chord. v. root·ed, root·ing, roots v.intr. 1. To grow roots or a root. 2. To become firmly established, settled, or entrenched. 3. To come into existence; originate. v.tr. Idiom: 1. To cause to put out roots and grow. 2. To implant by or as if by the roots. 3. To furnish a primary source or origin to. 4. To remove by or as if by the roots. Often used with up or out: "declared that waste and fraud will be vigorously rooted out of Government" (New York Times). root and branch Utterly; completely: The organization has been transformed root and branch by its new leaders. [Middle English rot, from Old English r  t, from Old Norse; see wr d- in Indo-European roots.]root  er n. |
| root 2 (rt, rt) v. root·ed, root·ing, roots v.tr. To dig with or as if with the snout or nose: Even a blind hog can root up an acorn. v.intr. 1. To dig in the earth with or as if with the snout or nose. 2. To rummage for something: rooted around for a pencil in his cluttered office. [Middle English wroten, from Old English wr tan.]root er n. |
| root 3 (rt, rt) intr.v. root·ed, root·ing, roots 1. To give audible encouragement or applause to a contestant or team; cheer. See Synonyms at applaud. 2. To lend support to someone or something. [Possibly alteration of rout.] root er n. |
root 1
Noun
1. the part of a plant that anchors the rest of the plant in the ground and absorbs water and mineral salts from the soil
2. a plant with an edible root, such as a carrot
3. Anat the part of a tooth, hair, or nail that is below the skin
4. roots a person's sense of belonging in a place, esp. the one in which he or she was brought up
5. source or origin
6. the essential part or nature of something: the root of a problem
7. Linguistics the form of a word from which other words and forms are derived
8. Maths a quantity that when multiplied by itself a certain number of times equals a given quantity: what is the cube root of a thousand?
9. Also called: (solution) Maths a number that when substituted for the variable satisfies a given equation
10. Austral & NZ slang sexual intercourse
11. root and branch entirely or utterly Related adjective radical
Verb
1. Also: (take root) to establish a root and begin to grow
2. Also: (take root) to become established or embedded
3. Austral & NZ slang to have sexual intercourse (with)
root 2
Verb
1. Brit to dig up the earth in search of food, using the snout: dogs were rooting in the rushes for bones
2. Informal to search vigorously but unsystematically: she was rooting around in her large untidy purse [Old English wrōtan]
| root (rt, rt) 1. A plant part that usually grows underground, secures the plant in place, absorbs minerals and water, and stores food manufactured by leaves and other plant parts. Roots grow in a root system. Eudicots and magnoliids have a central, longer, and larger taproot with many narrower lateral roots branching off, while monocots have a mass of threadlike fibrous roots, which are roughly the same length and remain close to the surface of the soil. In vascular plants, roots usually consist of a central cylinder of vascular tissue, surrounded by the pericycle and endodermis, then a thick layer of cortex, and finally an outer epidermis or (in woody plants) periderm. Only finer roots (known as feeder roots) actively take up water and minerals, generally in the uppermost meter of soil. These roots absorb minerals primarily through small epidermal structures known as root hairs. In certain plants, adventitious roots grow out from the stem above ground as aerial roots or prop roots, bending down into the soil, to facilitate the exchange of gases or increase support. Certain plants (such as the carrot and beet) have fleshy storage roots with abundant parenchyma in their vascular tissues. See also fibrous roottaproot 2. Any of various other plant parts that grow underground, especially an underground stem such as a corm, rhizome, or tuber. 3. The part of a tooth that is embedded in the jaw and not covered by enamel. 4. Mathematics a. A number that, when multiplied by itself a given number of times, produces a specified number. For example, since 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 = 16, 2 is a fourth root of 16. b. A solution to an equation. For example, a root of the equation x2 - 4 = 0 is 2, since 22 - 4 = 0. |
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
| Noun | 1. |  root - (botany) the usually underground organ that lacks buds or leaves or nodes; absorbs water and mineral salts; usually it anchors the plant to the groundcalamus - the aromatic root of the sweet flag used medicinally ginseng - aromatic root of ginseng plants horseradish, horseradish root - the root of the horseradish plant; it is grated or ground and used for seasoning radish - pungent edible root of any of various cultivated radish plants chicory, chicory root - the dried root of the chicory plant: used as a coffee substitute oyster plant, salsify - edible root of the salsify plant Hottentot bread, Hottentot's bread - thick edible rootstock of elephant's-foot briarroot - hard woody root of the briar Erica arborea orrisroot, orris - fragrant rootstock of various irises especially Florentine iris; used in perfumes and medicines sarsaparilla root - dried root of any of various plants of the genus Smilax used as a flavoring agent licorice root - root of licorice used in flavoring e.g. candy and liqueurs and medicines senega - dried root of two plants of the genus Polygala containing an irritating saponin mandrake, mandrake root - the root of the mandrake plant; used medicinally or as a narcotic carrot - deep orange edible root of the cultivated carrot plant parsnip - the whitish root of cultivated parsnip plant organ - a functional and structural unit of a plant or fungus parenchyma - the primary tissue of higher plants composed of thin-walled cells that remain capable of cell division even when mature; constitutes the greater part of leaves, roots, the pulp of fruits, and the pith of stems root system, rootage - a developed system of roots pneumatophore - an air-filled root (submerged or exposed) that can function as a respiratory organ of a marsh or swamp plant taproot - (botany) main root of a plant growing straight downward from the stem adventitious root - root growing in an unusual location e.g. from a stem root cap - thimble-shaped mass of cells covering and protecting the growing tip of a root rootlet - small root or division of a root root hair - thin hairlike outgrowth of an epidermal cell just behind the tip; absorbs nutrients from the soil prop root - a root that grows from and supports the stem above the ground in plants such as mangroves bark - tough protective covering of the woody stems and roots of trees and other woody plants |
| 2. |  root - 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"derivation - the source or origin from which something derives (i.e. comes or issues); "he prefers shoes of Italian derivation"; "music of Turkish derivation" spring - a point at which water issues forth headspring, fountainhead, head - the source of water from which a stream arises; "they tracked him back toward the head of the stream" headwater - the source of a river; "the headwaters of the Nile" wellhead, wellspring - the source of water for a well jumping-off place, point of departure - a place from which an enterprise or expedition is launched; "one day when I was at a suitable jumping-off place I decided to see if I could find him"; "my point of departure was San Francisco" place of origin, provenance, provenience, birthplace, cradle - where something originated or was nurtured in its early existence; "the birthplace of civilization" home - place where something began and flourished; "the United States is the home of basketball" point source - a concentrated source (especially of radiation or pollution) that is spatially constricted trail head, trailhead - the beginning of a trail point - the precise location of something; a spatially limited location; "she walked to a point where she could survey the whole street" | |
| 3. | root - (linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed; "thematic vowels are part of the stem" linguistics - the scientific study of language descriptor, form, signifier, word form - the phonological or orthographic sound or appearance of a word that can be used to describe or identify something; "the inflected forms of a word can be represented by a stem and a list of inflections to be attached" | |
| 4. | root - a number that, when multiplied by itself some number of times, equals a given number number - a concept of quantity involving zero and units; "every number has a unique position in the sequence" square root - a number that when multiplied by itself equals a given number cube root - a number that when multiplied three times equals a given number | |
| 5. | root - the set of values that give a true statement when substituted into an equation set - (mathematics) an abstract collection of numbers or symbols; "the set of prime numbers is infinite" | |
| 6. |  root - someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent)ancestress - a woman ancestor foremother - a woman ancestor primogenitor, progenitor - an ancestor in the direct line | |
| 7. | root - a simple form inferred as the common basis from which related words in several languages can be derived by linguistic processes descriptor, form, signifier, word form - the phonological or orthographic sound or appearance of a word that can be used to describe or identify something; "the inflected forms of a word can be represented by a stem and a list of inflections to be attached" | |
| 8. |  root - the part of a tooth that is embedded in the jaw and serves as supportanatomical structure, bodily structure, body structure, complex body part, structure - a particular complex anatomical part of a living thing; "he has good bone structure" tooth - hard bonelike structures in the jaws of vertebrates; used for biting and chewing or for attack and defense | |
| Verb | 1. | root - take root and begin to grow; "this plant roots quickly" grow - become larger, greater, or bigger; expand or gain; "The problem grew too large for me"; "Her business grew fast" root - cause to take roots |
| 2. | root - come into existence, originate; "The problem roots in her depression" become - come into existence; "What becomes has duration" | |
| 3. | root - plant by the roots | |
| 4. | root - dig with the snout; "the pig was rooting for truffles" | |
| 5. | root - become settled or established and stable in one's residence or life style; "He finally settled down" roost - settle down or stay, as if on a roost | |
| 6. | root - cause to take roots grow - cause to grow or develop; "He grows vegetables in his backyard" root - take root and begin to grow; "this plant roots quickly" |
root 1
noun 2. source, cause, heart, bottom, beginnings, base, seat, occasion, seed, foundation, origin, core, fundamental, essence, nucleus, starting point, germ, crux, nub, derivation, fountainhead, mainspring
plural noun 3. sense of belonging, origins, heritage, birthplace, home, family, cradle root and branch
5. completely, finally, totally, entirely, radically, thoroughly, wholly, utterly, without exception, to the last man
root something or someone out
1. get rid of, remove, destroy, eliminate, abolish, cut out, erase, eradicate, do away with, uproot, weed out, efface, exterminate, extirpate, wipe from the face of the earth
2. discover, find, expose, turn up, uncover, unearth, bring to light, ferret out >> adjective radical
root 2
Translations
root [ruːt] n (BOT, MATH) → raíz f
vi [plant, belief] → arraigar(se);
root about vi (fig) → rebuscar
root for vt fus → apoyar a
root out vt → desarraigar
root [ruːt] n (Bot), (Math) → racine f (fig) [of problem]; origine f, fond m
vi [plant] → s'enraciner;
root about vi (fig) → fouiller
root for vt fus (inf) → applaudir
root out vt → extirper
root [ruːt] n (also Math) → Wurzel f
vt to be rooted in → verwurzelt sein in +dat;
roots npl (family origins) → Wurzeln pl;
root about root vi (search) → herumwühlen
root for root vt fus (support) → anfeuern
root out root vt → ausrotten
n root [ruːt]
1 the part of a plant that grows under the ground and draws food and water from the soil Trees often have deep roots; Carrots and turnips are edible roots. wortel جَذْر корен kořen rod die Wurzel ρίζα raíz juur ریشه juuri racine שוֹרֶש जड़ korijen gyökér akar rót radice 根 뿌리 šaknis sakne akar pokok wortel rot korzeń raiz rădăcină корень koreň korenina koren rot รากพืช kök 根莖 корінь جڑ rễ cây 根茎
2 the base of something growing in the body the roots of one's hair/teeth. wortel أصْل، شُرش корен kořen, kořínek rod; -rod die Wurzel ρίζα raíz juur ریشه juuri racine שוֹרֶש वर्गमूल temelj, korijen gyökér akar rót radice 根元 (머리카락·이 등의) 뿌리, 밑뿌리 šaknis sakne akar wortel rot nasada, korzeń raiz rădăcină корень koreň korenina koren rot ราก kök, dip 牙(發)根 корінь کسی شے کی بنیاد chân tóc; chân răng 牙（发）根
3 cause; origin Love of money is the root of all evil; We must get at the root of the trouble. wortel, oorsprong سَبَب причина kořen rod die Wurzel ρίζα, αιτία raíz, origen juur, põhjus اصل؛ بنیاد alku origine, racine שוֹרֶש धातु क्रिया pokretač eredet akar rót, orsök origine, radice 根源 근원, 본질, 기초, 원인 priežastis sakne; cēlonis asal oorsprong rot, årsak źródło raiz origine, cauză причина koreň izvor koren rot รากฐาน; ต้นตอ neden, kaynak, köken 根源 корінь, причина سبب nguồn gốc 根源
4 (in plural) family origins Our roots are in Scotland. voorsate جُذور العائِلَه، أُصول корени kořeny rod der Ursprung καταγωγή, ρίζες (πληθ.) raíces juured نسب؛ اصل juuri racines, origines שורשים धातु korijeni gyökerek asal-usul uppruni, rætur origini*, radici 先祖 가계의 뿌리, 조상 šaknys saknes; izcelšanās nenek-moyang oorsprong røtter, opprinnelse korzenie raizes origini, rădăcini корни korene korenine poreklo rötter ต้นกำเนิด kök, köken 祖先 коріння; корні سرچشمہ tổ tiên 祖先
v
to (make something) grow roots These plants aren't rooting very well; He rooted the plants in compost. wortels maak يُنْبِتُ جُذورا، يَتأصَّل вкоренявам се zakořenit, zasadit slå rod; plante Wurzeln schlagen, einpflanzen ριζώνω, φυτεύω echar raíces, arraigar(se) juuri alla võtma, juurduma panema کاشتن juurruttaa (s')enraciner לְהַשרִיש जड़ पकड़ना, स्थापित कर usaditi, dati da uhvati korijen gyökeret ver; meggyökereztet berakar, menumbuhkan akar (láta) skjóta rótum piantare; mettere radice 根づく 뿌리를 내리다; 뿌리 내리게 하다 šaknyti, pasodinti apsakņot; iesakņoties menanam agar keluar akar wortel (doen) schieten slå rot, feste seg zakorzenić sie, zasadzić criar raizes a prinde rădăcini; a planta укореняться;сажать zakoreniť; zasadiť ukoreniniti (se) usaditi [] slå rot หยั่งราก kök salmak 使...生根 пускати коріння, вкорінюватися جمانا làm bắt rễ 使...生根
root beer
a kind of non-alcoholic drink made from the roots of certain plants. gemmerbier شَراب من الخَميرَة وبَعْض الجُذور безалкохолна бира šumivý nealkoholický nápoj sodavand das Malzbier είδος αναψυκτικού cerveza no alcohólica rootbeer نوعی نوشیدنی مانند پپسی (juurista tehty juoma) racinette שֵׁכָר שוֹרָשִים विभिन्न जड़ों से निर्मित शराब đumbirovo pivo minuman ringan rótar-gosdrykkur (a base di bibita estratti di radici ed erbe) ルートビア 루트 비어(나무 뿌리·껍질·약초에서 짜낸 즙에 시럽을 타서 만드는 무알코올 탄산 음료) šaknelių gira sakņaugu dzēriens sejenis minuman berkarbonat limonade rotøl piwo korzenne gasosa băutură din extract de plante напиток из корнеплодов (sladký šumivý nápoj z extraktov rôznych koreňov) pivo od korena određenih biljaka svagdricka เครื่องดื่มรูทเบียร์ meyan kökü gazozu/birası 植物根莖製成的一種啤酒 напій із коренеплодів بعض پودوں کی جڑوں سے بنایا جانے والا مشروب đồ uống không có cồn có hương vị của một số loại rễ cây 植物根茎制成的一种啤酒
root crop
plants with roots that are grown for food The farm has three fields of root crops. wortelgewas مَحاصيل من الجُذور кореноплодно растение kořenová zelenina rodfrugt das Wurzelgemüse φυτό για παραγωγή της ρίζας cultivo de raíces juurvili محصول ریشه ای juurikkaat racines alimentaires יֶרֶק שוֹרשִי जड़ korjenaste biljke gumós (gazdasági) növények tanaman umbi rótarávöxtur radice commestibile 根菜類 근채류(무·고구마·사탕무 등) šakniavaisis sakņaugi; saknes tumbuhan berakar wortelgewas rotfrukter okopowe plantas de raiz comestível (plante) rădăcinoase корнеплодная культура koreňová zelenina okopavine biljke sa korenom skörd av rotfrukter พืชที่เจริญเติบโตด้วยราก kök sebze 供食用的塊根作物 коренеплід خوردنی جڑوں والی فصل cây ăn củ 供食用的块根作物
root out
1 to pull up or tear out by the roots The gardener began to root out the weeds. uitpluk, opruk يَسْتَأصِل изкоренявам vytrhat hive op med rod ausreißen ξεριζώνω arrancar de raíz välja juurima از ریشه در آوردن kitkeä juurineen arracher, déraciner לַעֲקוֹר מְהַשוֹרֶש उन्मूलन करना, मिटा देना iščupati gyökerestül kitép mencabut uppræta, rífa upp með rótum sradicare, estirpare 根こそぎにする ...을 뿌리째 뽑다 ravėti, (iš)rauti su šaknimis izravēt; izraut ar saknēm mencabut sehingga akar uittrekken rykke opp med rota wyrywać (z korzeniami) arrancar a smulge din rădăcini вырывать с корнем vytrhať izruvati iskoreniti rycka upp med rötterna ถอนออก kökünden söküp çıkarmak 連根拔出 виривати з коренем جڑ سے اکھاڑنا nhổ tận rễ 连根拔出
2 to get rid of completely We must do our best to root out poverty. uitroei يَتَخَلَّص كُليّا من оттървавам се vymýtit udrydde ausrotten εξαλείφω erradicar hävitama ریشه کن کردن hävittää extirper לַעֲקוֹר מְהַשוֹרֶש खोज निकालना iskorijeniti kiirt menyingkirkan uppræta estirpare 根絶する 근절하다 išnaikinti iznīdēt; izskaust membasmi uitroeien utrydde, få bukt med wyplenić acabar com a extirpa, a stârpi искоренять odstrániť izkoreniniti iskoreniti utrota กำจัด kökünü kazımak 根除 викоренити مکمل چھٹکارا حاصل کرنا trừ tận gốc 根除
take root
to grow firmly; to become established The plants soon took root. word gevestig يَمْتَد، يَضْرِبُ جُذورهُ في التُّراب вкоренявам се zakořenit slå rod Wurzeln schlagen ριζώνω, πιάνω ρίζες echar raíces, arraigar juurduma ریشه گرفتن؛ مستقر شدن juurtua prendre racine לְהִשתַרֵש पौधों या विचारों की जड़ जमाना ukorijeniti se gyökeret ereszt berakar skjóta rótum; festa rætur, ná fótfestu attecchire 根づく 뿌리가 내리다, 정착하다 įsišaknyti iesakņoties; laist saknes berkembang dengan asas yang kukuh wortelschieten slå rot, feste seg zakorzenić się criar raízes a prinde rădăcină пускать корни zakoreniť pognati korenine pustiti koren slå rot เริ่มได้ผล köklenmek, kök salmak 生根 вкорінитися مستحکم ہونا bén rễ 生根
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