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Noun root has 8 senses
- 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 ground
--1 is a kind of plant organ
--1 is a part of rootage, root system
--1 has part: root cap; root hair; bark
--1 has substance: parenchyma
--1 has particulars: | | calamus; taro, cocoyam, dasheen, eddo; ginseng; horseradish, horseradish root; radish; chicory, chicory root; salsify, oyster plant; Hottentot bread, Hottentot's bread; briarroot; orrisroot, orris; sarsaparilla root; licorice root; senega; mandrake root, mandrake; cassava, manioc; carrot; parsnip; pneumatophore; taproot; adventitious root; rootlet; prop root |
- root, root word, base, stem, theme, radical - (linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed; "thematic vowels are part of the stem"
--2 is a kind of form, word form, signifier, descriptor
- beginning, origin, root, rootage, source - 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"
--3 is a kind of point
--3 has particulars:
- root - a number that when multiplied by itself some number of times equals a given number
--4 is a kind of number
--4 has particulars: square root; cube root
- solution, root - the set of values that give a true statement when substituted into an equation
--5 is a kind of set
- ancestor, ascendant, ascendent, antecedent, root - someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent)
--6 is a kind of relative, relation
--6 has particulars:
- etymon, root - a simple form inferred as the common basis from which related words in several languages can be derived by linguistic processes
--7 is a kind of form, word form, signifier, descriptor
- root, tooth root - the part of a tooth that is embedded in the jaw and serves as support
--8 is a kind of structure, anatomical structure, complex body part, bodily structure, body structure
--8 is a part of tooth
--8 has parts: cementum, cement
Verb root has 7 senses
- root - take root and begin to grow; "this plant roots quickly"
--1 is one way to grow
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP
- root - come into existence, originate; "The problem roots in her depression"
--2 is one way to become
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Something ----s
Somebody ----s
- root - plant by the roots
--3 is one way to plant, set
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
- rout, root, rootle - dig with the snout; "the pig was rooting for truffles"
--4 is one way to dig, delve, cut into, turn over
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- side, pull, root - 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?"
--5 is one way to back, endorse, indorse, plump for, plunk for, support
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s PP
- settle, root, take root, steady down, settle down - become settled or established and stable in one's residence or life style; "He finally settled down"
--6 is one way to stabilize, stabilise
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Somebody ----s PP
- root - cause to take roots
--7 is one way to grow
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
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