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Meaning of root
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
root
n 1: (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
2: 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" [syn:
{beginning}, {origin}, {root}, {rootage}, {source}]
3: (linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are
removed; "thematic vowels are part of the stem" [syn: {root},
{root word}, {base}, {stem}, {theme}, {radical}]
4: a number that, when multiplied by itself some number of
times, equals a given number
5: the set of values that give a true statement when substituted
into an equation [syn: {solution}, {root}]
6: someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote
than a grandparent) [syn: {ancestor}, {ascendant},
{ascendent}, {antecedent}, {root}] [ant: {descendant},
{descendent}]
7: a simple form inferred as the common basis from which related
words in several languages can be derived by linguistic
processes [syn: {etymon}, {root}]
8: the part of a tooth that is embedded in the jaw and serves as
support [syn: {root}, {tooth root}]
v 1: take root and begin to grow; "this plant roots quickly"
2: come into existence, originate; "The problem roots in her
depression"
3: plant by the roots
4: dig with the snout; "the pig was rooting for truffles" [syn:
{rout}, {root}, {rootle}]
5: become settled or established and stable in one's residence
or life style; "He finally settled down" [syn: {settle},
{root}, {take root}, {steady down}, {settle down}]
6: cause to take roots
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