root
— Verb
– English
~ become settled or established and stable in one's residence or life style; "He finally settled down"
root for
— Verb
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~ 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?"
root
— Verb
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~ come into existence, originate; "The problem roots in her depression"
root on
— Verb
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~ spur on or encourage especially by cheers and shouts; "The crowd cheered the demonstrating strikers"
root
— Verb
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~ cheer for; "She roots for the Broncos"
root out
— Verb
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~ destroy completely, as if down to the roots; "the vestiges of political democracy were soon uprooted"; "root out corruption"
rootage
— Noun
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~ a developed system of roots
rootage
— Noun
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~ 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"
rootage
— Noun
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~ fixedness by or as if by roots; "strengthened by rootage in the firm soil of faith"
rootbound
— Adjective
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~ having the roots matted or densely tangled; "shaggy untended lawns of old trees and rootbound scented flowers and shrubs"- William Faulkner
rootbound
— Adjective
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~ (of a potted plant) grown too large for its container resulting in matting or tangling of the roots
rooted
— Adjective
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~ absolutely still; "frozen with horror"; "they stood rooted in astonishment"
rooter
— Noun
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~ an enthusiastic devotee of sports
rooting reflex
— Noun
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~ reflex consisting of head-turning and sucking movements elicited in a normal infant by gently stroking the side of the mouth or cheek