Root
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See: Morphological Root, Squareroot Function, Nth Root Function.
References
- (WordNet, 2009) ⇒ http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=root
- Noun
- S: (n) 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)
- S: (n) 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"
- S: (n) 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"
- S: (n) root (a number that, when multiplied by itself some number of times, equals a given number)
- S: (n) solution, root (the set of values that give a true statement when substituted into an equation)
- S: (n) ancestor, ascendant, ascendent, antecedent, root (someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent))
- S: (n) etymon, root (a simple form inferred as the common basis from which related words in several languages can be derived by linguistic processes)
- S: (n) root, tooth root (the part of a tooth that is embedded in the jaw and serves as support)
- Verb
- S: (v) root (take root and begin to grow) "this plant roots quickly"
- S: (v) root (come into existence, originate) "The problem roots in her depression"
- S: (v) root (plant by the roots)
- S: (v) rout, root, rootle (dig with the snout) "the pig was rooting for truffles"
- S: (v) 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"
- S: (v) root (cause to take roots)
- Noun