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Definition of 'root' Noun
- (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
- (linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed; "thematic vowels are part of the stem"
Synonyms: 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"
Synonyms: beginning origin rootage source - a number that when multiplied by itself some number of times equals a given number
- the set of values that give a true statement when substituted into an equation
Synonyms: solution - someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent)
Synonyms: ancestor ascendant ascendent antecedent
Antonyms: descendant descendent - a simple form inferred as the common basis from which related words in several languages can be derived by linguistic processes
Synonyms: etymon - the part of a tooth that is embedded in the jaw and serves as support
Synonyms: tooth root Verb
- take root and begin to grow; "this plant roots quickly"
- come into existence, originate; "The problem roots in her depression"
- plant by the roots
- dig with the snout; "the pig was rooting for truffles"
Synonyms: rout rootle - take sides with; align oneself with; show strong sympathy for; "We all rooted for the home team"; "I'm pulling for the underdog"; "Are you siding with the defender of the title?"
Synonyms: side pull - become settled or established and stable in one's residence or life style; "He finally settled down"
Synonyms: settle take root steady down settle down - cause to take roots
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