NOUN
  • Definition - The part of a plant, generally underground, that anchors and supports the plant body, absorbs and stores water and nutrients, and in some plants is able to perform vegetative reproduction.
  • Example - This tree's roots can go as deep as twenty metres underground.
  • Definition - A root vegetable.
  • Example - This tree's roots can go as deep as twenty metres underground.
  • Definition - The part of a tooth extending into the bone holding the tooth in place.
  • Example - Root damage is a common problem of overbrushing.
  • Definition - The part of a hair under the skin that holds the hair in place.
  • Example - The root is the only part of the hair that is alive.
  • Definition - The part of a hair near the skin that has not been dyed, permed, or otherwise treated.
  • Example - He dyed his hair black last month, so the grey roots can be seen.
  • Definition - The primary source; origin.
  • Example - The love of money is the root of all evil.
  • Synonyms - basis origin source
  • Definition - Of a number or expression, a number which, when raised to a specified power, yields the specified number or expression.
  • Example - The cube root of 27 is 3.
  • Definition - A square root (understood if no power is specified; in which case, “the root of” is often abbreviated to “root”).
  • Example - Multiply by root 2.
  • Definition - A zero (of an equation).
  • Example - Multiply by root 2.
  • Synonyms - zero
  • Definition - The single node of a tree that has no parent.
  • Example - Multiply by root 2.
  • Definition - The primary lexical unit of a word, which carries the most significant aspects of semantic content and cannot be reduced into smaller constituents. Inflectional stems often derive from roots.
  • Example - Multiply by root 2.
  • Definition - (philology) A word from which another word or words are derived.
  • Example - Multiply by root 2.
  • Synonyms - etymon
  • Definition - The fundamental tone of any chord; the tone from whose harmonics, or overtones, a chord is composed.
  • Example - Multiply by root 2.
  • Definition - The lowest place, position, or part.
  • Example - Multiply by root 2.
  • Definition - In UNIX terminology, the first user account with complete access to the operating system and its configuration, found at the root of the directory structure; the person who manages accounts on a UNIX system.
  • Example - I have to log in as root before I do that.
  • Synonyms - root account root user superuser
  • Definition - The highest directory of a directory structure which may contain both files and subdirectories.
  • Example - I installed the files in the root directory.
  • Definition - A penis, especially the base of a penis.
  • Example - I installed the files in the root directory.
VERB
  • Definition - To grow roots; to enter the earth, as roots; to take root and begin to grow.
  • Example - The cuttings are starting to root.
  • Definition - To prepare, oversee, or otherwise cause the rooting of cuttings
  • Example - We rooted some cuttings last summer.
  • Definition - To be firmly fixed; to be established.
  • Example - We rooted some cuttings last summer.
  • Definition - To get root or priviledged access on a computer system or mobile phone, often through bypassing some security mechanism.
  • Example - I want to root my Android phone so I can remove the preinstalled crapware.
  • Synonyms - jailbreak
Words in your word
4 Letter Words
root 4 roto 4 toro 4
3 Letter Words
oot 3 ort 3 roo 3 rot 3 too 3 tor 3
2 Letter Words
or 2 to 2
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