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• October 7. 2012 by jonasmunk from wordnet.princeton.edu

  root — noun — english

  (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

• March 2. 2016 from wordnet.princeton.edu

  root — noun — english

  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"

• March 2. 2016 from wordnet.princeton.edu

  root — noun — english

  (linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed; "thematic vowels are part of the stem"

• March 2. 2016 from wordnet.princeton.edu

  root — noun — english

  a number that, when multiplied by itself some number of times, equals a given number

• March 2. 2016 from wordnet.princeton.edu

  root — noun — english

  the set of values that give a true statement when substituted into an equation

• March 2. 2016 from wordnet.princeton.edu

  root — noun — english

  someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent)

• March 2. 2016 from wordnet.princeton.edu

  root — noun — english

  a simple form inferred as the common basis from which related words in several languages can be derived by linguistic processes

• March 2. 2016 from wordnet.princeton.edu

  root — noun — english

  the embedded part of a bodily structure such as a tooth, nail, or hair

• March 22. 2016 from wordnet.princeton.edu

  root — verb — english

  take root and begin to grow; "this plant roots quickly"

• March 22. 2016 from wordnet.princeton.edu

  root — verb — english

  come into existence, originate; "The problem roots in her depression"

• March 22. 2016 from wordnet.princeton.edu

  root — verb — english

  cheer for; "She roots for the Broncos"

• March 22. 2016 from wordnet.princeton.edu

  root — verb — english

  plant by the roots

• March 22. 2016 from wordnet.princeton.edu

  root — verb — english

  dig with the snout; "the pig was rooting for truffles"

• March 22. 2016 from wordnet.princeton.edu

  root — verb — english

  become settled or established and stable in one's residence or life style; "He finally settled down"

• March 22. 2016 from wordnet.princeton.edu

  root — verb — english

  cause to take roots