"Root" is a word in ENGLISH
The cause or occasion by which anything is brought about; the
source.
To be firmly fixed; to be established.
Hence, to seek for favor or advancement by low arts or
groveling servility; to fawn servilely.
The lowest place, position, or part.
To turn up the earth with the snout, as swine.
To fix the root; to enter the earth, as roots; to take
root and begin to grow.
That factor of a quantity which when multiplied into itself
will produce that quantity; thus, 3 is a root of 9, because 3
multiplied into itself produces 9; 3 is the cube root of 27.
An ancestor or progenitor; and hence, an early race; a stem.
To turn up or to dig out with the snout; as, the swine
roots the earth.
The underground portion of a plant, whether a true root or a
tuber, a bulb or rootstock, as in the potato, the onion, or the sweet
flag.
An edible or esculent root, especially of such plants as
produce a single root, as the beet, carrot, etc.; as, the root crop.
The descending, and commonly branching, axis of a plant,
increasing in length by growth at its extremity only, not divided into
joints, leafless and without buds, and having for its offices to fix
the plant in the earth, to supply it with moisture and soluble matters,
and sometimes to serve as a reservoir of nutriment for future growth. A
true root, however, may never reach the ground, but may be attached to
a wall, etc., as in the ivy, or may hang loosely in the air, as in some
epiphytic orchids.
The fundamental tone of any chord; the tone from whose
harmonics, or overtones, a chord is composed.
A primitive form of speech; one of the earliest terms
employed in language; a word from which other words are formed; a
radix, or radical.
That which resembles a root in position or function, esp. as
a source of nourishment or support; that from which anything proceeds
as if by growth or development; as, the root of a tooth, a nail, a
cancer, and the like.
The time which to reckon in making calculations.
To tear up by the root; to eradicate; to extirpate; --
with up, out, or away.
To plant and fix deeply in the earth, or as in the earth;
to implant firmly; hence, to make deep or radical; to establish; --
used chiefly in the participle; as, rooted trees or forests; rooted
dislike.
It is a severe cruelty inflicted upon women...that we should be the ones who so desperately need love...affection...acceptance.And yet, we suffer...many of us, for lack of it throughout our entire lives."-Shackles of Honor
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abaga n sweet potatoes growing from the outer vines and not from the main root.
Read the complete definitionn. a kind of white larva that lives in the earth and kills plants by gnawing at their roots. ABANIKO …
Read the complete definitionTo lay bare, as the roots of a tree.
Read the complete definitionThe act or process of laying bare the roots of trees to expose them to the air and water.
Read the complete definitionThe substitution of one root vowel for another, thus indicating a corresponding modification of use or meaning; vowel permutation; as, …
Read the complete definitionThe vessels by which the processes of absorption are carried on, as the lymphatics in animals, the extremities of the …
Read the complete definitionábung v [A; c] bar, block the way. Abúngan ta ning karsádag dakung batu, Lets block the road with a …
Read the complete definitionOut of the proper or usual place; as, adventitious buds or roots.
Read the complete definitionConsisting of root words combined but not materially altered as to form or meaning; as, agglutinate forms, languages, etc. See …
Read the complete definitionCombination in which root words are united with little or no change of form or loss of meaning. See Agglutinative, …
Read the complete definitionagúhù n Australian pine: Casuarina equistifolia. Lumber and ornamental tree. The roots and bark have medicinal uses. Young specimens are …
Read the complete definitionaliyupyup n shrub of clearings: Pseuderantheum bicolor. The leaves are used for uterine bleeding and roots and trunk for stomach …
Read the complete definitionA dyeing matter extracted from the roots of Alkanna tinctoria, which gives a fine deep red color.
Read the complete definitionA North American herb (Heuchera Americana) of the Saxifrage family, whose root has astringent properties.
Read the complete definitionambúlung - A tropical plant, from whose berries an excellent mucilage is obtained and whose roots yield tapioca; a cassava …
Read the complete definitionA disease of the roots of turnips, etc.; -- called also fingers and toes.
Read the complete definition-an - A suffix which goes to form nouns, adjectives, and verbs, and conveys the fundamental meaning of "the place …
Read the complete definition-anan() alternant of -an used with roots that have a short penultimate vowel that is dropped on su? xation. Maghagkanan …
Read the complete definitionA resinoid coloring matter obtained from alkanet root.
Read the complete definitionAn aromatic umbelliferous plant (Archangelica officinalis or Angelica archangelica) the leaf stalks of which are sometimes candied and used in …
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