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root

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(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(noun.plant)

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the place where something begins, where it springs into being(noun.location)

Example:
Communism's Russian root.

Synonym:
beginning, origin, rootage, source

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(linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed(noun.communication)

Synonym:
base, radical, root word, stem, theme

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a number that, when multiplied by itself some number of times, equals a given number(noun.quantity)

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the set of values that give a true statement when substituted into an equation(noun.group)

Synonym:
solution

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

Synonym:
ancestor, antecedent, ascendant, ascendent
Antonym:
descendant, descendent

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

Synonym:
etymon

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the part of a tooth that is embedded in the jaw and serves as support(noun.body)

Synonym:
tooth root

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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.(noun)

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take root and begin to grow(verb.change)

Example:
This plant roots quickly.

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come into existence, originate(verb.stative)

Example:
The problem roots in her depression.

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plant by the roots(verb.contact)

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dig with the snout(verb.contact)

Example:
The pig was rooting for truffles.

Synonym:
rootle, rout

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become settled or established and stable in one's residence or life style(verb.change)

Synonym:
settle, settle down, steady down, take root

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cause to take roots(verb.change)

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To turn up the earth with the snout, as swine.(verb)

source: webster1913
To turn up or to dig out with the snout; as, the swine roots the earth.(verb)

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To fix the root; to enter the earth, as roots; to take root and begin to grow.(verb)

source: webster1913
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.(verb)

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To shout for, or otherwise noisly applaud or encourage, a contestant, as in sports; hence, to wish earnestly for the success of some one or the happening of some event, with the superstitious notion that this action may have efficacy; -- usually with for; as, the crowd rooted for the home team.(verb)

source: webster1913