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Noun: root 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
- The place where something begins, where it springs into being
"communism's Russian root"
- beginning, origin, rootage, source - (linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed
- root word, base, stem, theme, radical - 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
- solution - Someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent)
- ancestor, ascendant, ascendent, antecedent - A simple form inferred as the common basis from which related words in several languages can be derived by linguistic processes
- etymon - The part of a tooth that is embedded in the jaw and serves as support
- tooth root - [Austral, NZ, vulgar] Slang for sexual intercourse
- roll in the hay, make whoopee
Verb: root root- 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"
- rout, rootle - Become settled or established and stable in one's residence or life style
- settle, take root, steady down, settle down - Cause to take roots
- [Austral, NZ, vulgar] Have sexual intercourse with
- sleep together, roll in the hay, love, make out, make love, sleep with, have sex, know [archaic], do it, be intimate, have intercourse, lie with [archaic], bed, have a go at it, get it on, bonk [Brit], make whoopee
Sounds like: route Derived forms: rooted, roots, rooting See also: radical, rooting, rootlet Type of: anatomical structure, become, bodily structure, body structure, carnal knowledge, coition, coitus, complex body part, congress, copulate, copulation, couple, cut into, delve, descriptor, dig, flesh and blood, form, grow, intercourse, mate, number, pair, plant, plant organ, point, relation, relative, set, sex act, sexual congress, sexual intercourse, sexual relation, signifier, stabilise [Brit], stabilize, structure, turn over, word form Part of: root system, rootage, tooth Encyclopedia: Root, Lucerne Root Root, Switzerland Root, New York |