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root in WordNet English dictionary

noun
  1. someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent)
    ancestor  ascendant  ascendent  antecedent  root 
  2. (linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed
    "thematic vowels are part of the stem"
    root  root word  base  stem  theme  radical 
  3. 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"
    beginning  origin  root  rootage  source 
  4. a simple form inferred as the common basis from which related words in several languages can be derived by linguistic processes
    etymon  root 
  5. the part of a tooth that is embedded in the jaw and serves as support
    root  tooth root 
  6. the set of values that give a true statement when substituted into an equation
    solution  root 
  7. (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
    root 
  8. a number that, when multiplied by itself some number of times, equals a given number
    root 
verb
  1. take root and begin to grow
    "this plant roots quickly"
    root 
  2. cause to take roots
    root 
  3. become settled or established and stable in one's residence or life style
    "He finally settled down"
    settle  root  take root  steady down  settle down 
  4. dig with the snout
    "the pig was rooting for truffles"
    rout  root  rootle 
  5. plant by the roots
    root 
  6. come into existence, originate
    "The problem roots in her depression"
    root 
WordNet Lexical Database v3.0, © 2006 Princeton University