root
root
rut
root
/ɚˈuːt/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "root"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

01

āĻŽā§‚āϞ, āĻļāĻŋāĻ•āĻĄāĻŧ

the underground part of a plant that absorbs water and minerals, sending it to other parts
root definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The gardener dug up the old tree to remove its large, tangled roots that had spread throughout the garden.
āĻŽāĻžāϞ⧀ āĻĒ⧁āϰāĻžāύ⧋ āĻ—āĻžāĻ›āϟāĻŋ āϖ⧁āρāĻĄāĻŧ⧇ āĻŦāĻĄāĻŧ, āϜāϟāĻŋāϞ āĻļāĻŋāĻ•āĻĄāĻŧ āϏāϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇ āϝāĻž āĻŦāĻžāĻ—āĻžāύ āϜ⧁āĻĄāĻŧ⧇ āĻ›āĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
02

(in linguistics) the base form of a word, remaining after removing all prefixes and suffixes

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Linguists study roots to understand word formation.
03

the values that satisfy an equation, making it true

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Quadratic equations can have two roots.
04

āĻŽā§‚āϞ, āĻ°ā§āϝāĻžāĻĄāĻŋāĻ•āĻžāϞ

a value that, when multiplied by itself a specified number of times, results in the given number
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Negative numbers can have imaginary roots, such as the square root of -1 being i.
āĻ‹āĻŖāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻŽāĻ• āϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§āϝāĻžāϰ āĻ•āĻžāĻ˛ā§āĻĒāύāĻŋāĻ• āĻŽā§‚āϞ āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇, āϝ⧇āĻŽāύ -1 āĻāϰ āĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ—āĻŽā§‚āϞ iāĨ¤
05

āĻŽā§‚āϞ, āĻ‰ā§ŽāϏ

the primary cause of something
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The therapist helped her uncover the root of her anxiety, which was tied to past experiences.
āĻĨ⧇āϰāĻžāĻĒāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āϟ āϤāĻžāϕ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰ āωāĻĻā§āĻŦ⧇āϗ⧇āϰ āĻŽā§‚āϞ āωāĻ¨ā§āĻŽā§‹āϚāύ⧇ āϏāĻžāĻšāĻžāĻ¯ā§āϝ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ, āϝāĻž āĻ…āϤ⧀āϤ⧇āϰ āĻ…āĻ­āĻŋāĻœā§āĻžāϤāĻžāϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āϝ⧁āĻ•ā§āϤ āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
06

the embedded or base part of a bodily structure, such as a hair, nail, or tooth

07

the place or point where something begins or originates

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The festival has its roots in local traditions.
08

(in linguistics) a reconstructed ancestral form from which related words in different languages are derived

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Linguists trace roots across language families.
09

an ancestor, usually more distant than a grandparent

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
They traced their roots back several centuries.
01

āĻļāĻŋāĻ•āĻĄāĻŧ āĻ—āϜāĻžāύ⧋, āϰ⧋āĻĒāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to plant by burying the base of a plant in soil
Transitive: to root a plant
to root definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
They root the saplings in the garden bed to establish them in the soil.
āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āĻŽāĻžāϟāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻĒāύ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻŦāĻžāĻ—āĻžāύ⧇āϰ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ›āĻžāύāĻžāϝāĻŧ āϚāĻžāϰāĻž āĻļāĻŋāĻ•āĻĄāĻŧ āĻĻ⧇āϝāĻŧāĨ¤
02

āĻ–āύāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻ…āύ⧁āϏāĻ¨ā§āϧāĻžāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to dig or search for something by using the snout, as done by certain animals like pigs
Intransitive
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The dog rooted in the dirt, looking for its buried bone.
āϕ⧁āϕ⧁āϰāϟāĻŋ āĻŽāĻžāϟāĻŋāϤ⧇ āϖ⧁āρāĻĄāĻŧāĻ›āĻŋāϞ, āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĒ⧁āρāϤ⧇ āϰāĻžāĻ–āĻž āĻšāĻžāĻĄāĻŧ āϖ⧁āρāϜāϤ⧇āĨ¤
03

āĻļāĻŋāĻ•āĻĄāĻŧ āĻ—āϜāĻžāύ, āĻŽā§‚āϞ āϧāϰāĻž

(of a plant) to grow and develop roots
Intransitive
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
After a week in water, the cutting finally rooted and was ready for planting.
āϜāϞ⧇ āĻāĻ• āϏāĻĒā§āϤāĻžāĻš āĻĒāϰ, āĻ•āĻžāϟāĻŋāĻ‚ āĻļ⧇āώ āĻĒāĻ°ā§āϝāĻ¨ā§āϤ āĻļāĻŋāĻ•āĻĄāĻŧ āϗ⧇āĻĄāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āϰ⧋āĻĒāϪ⧇āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ¸ā§āϤ⧁āϤ āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
04

āĻļāĻŋāĻ•āĻĄāĻŧ āĻ—āĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻž, āωāĻ¤ā§āĻĒāĻ¤ā§āϤāĻŋ āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to have a starting point, origin, or foundation
Intransitive: to root in an origin
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Her passion for art rooted in childhood experiences with her grandmother.
āĻļāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻĒ⧇āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋ āϤāĻžāϰ āφāĻŦ⧇āĻ— āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĻāĻžāĻĻā§€āϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āĻļ⧈āĻļāĻŦ⧇āϰ āĻ…āĻ­āĻŋāĻœā§āĻžāϤāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ āĻŋāϤāĨ¤
05

āĻļāĻŋāĻ•āĻĄāĻŧ āĻ—āϜāĻžāϤ⧇ āϏāĻžāĻšāĻžāĻ¯ā§āϝ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻŽā§‚āϞ āĻŦ⧃āĻĻā§āϧāĻŋ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āϏāĻšāĻžāϝāĻŧāϤāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻž

to help a plant or cutting grow roots
Transitive: to root a plant or cutting
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He rooted the sapling by placing it in nutrient-rich soil.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻĒ⧁āĻˇā§āϟāĻŋāϏāĻŽā§ƒāĻĻā§āϧ āĻŽāĻžāϟāĻŋāϤ⧇ āϰ⧋āĻĒāĻŖ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āϚāĻžāϰāĻžāϟāĻŋāϕ⧇ āĻļāĻŋāĻ•āĻĄāĻŧ āĻ—āϜāĻžāϤ⧇ āϏāĻžāĻšāĻžāĻ¯ā§āϝ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
06

(Australian and New Zealand) to have sexual intercourse

Slang
Vulgar
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She wanted him to root her on the couch right then.

āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ• āĻ—āĻžāĻ›

rootable
rootage
rootless
root
App
āύāĻŋāĻ•āϟāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤ⧀ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ
LanGeek
āĻ…ā§āϝāĻžāĻĒ āĻĄāĻžāωāύāϞ⧋āĻĄ āĻ•āϰ⧁āύ