root
1. (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 (Freq. 11)
• Derivationally related forms:
rootlet
• Topics:
botany, phytology
• Hypernyms:
plant organ
• Hyponyms:
calamus, taro, cocoyam, dasheen, eddo,
ginseng, horseradish, horseradish root, radish, chicory, chicory root,
salsify, oyster plant, Hottentot bread, Hottentot's bread, briarroot, orrisroot,
orris, sarsaparilla root, licorice root, senega, mandrake root, mandrake,
cassava, manioc, carrot, parsnip, pneumatophore, taproot,
adventitious root, rootlet, prop root
• Part Holonyms:
rootage, root system
• Substance Meronyms:
parenchyma
• Part Meronyms:
root cap, root hair, bark
2. (linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed (Freq. 2)
- thematic vowels are part of the stem
• Syn:
root word, base, stem, theme, radical
• Derivationally related forms:
stem (for: stem)
• Topics:
linguistics
• Hypernyms:
form, word form, signifier, descriptor
3. the place where something begins, where it springs into being (Freq. 2)
- 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
• Syn:
beginning, origin, rootage, source
• Derivationally related forms:
root (for: rootage), originate (for: origin)
• Hypernyms:
point
• Hyponyms:
derivation, spring, fountainhead, headspring, head,
headwater, wellhead, wellspring, jumping-off place, point of departure, birthplace,
cradle, place of origin, provenance, provenience, home, point source,
trail head, trailhead
4. a number that, when multiplied by itself some number of times, equals a given number (Freq. 1)
• Hypernyms:
number
• Hyponyms:
square root, cube root
5. the set of values that give a true statement when substituted into an equation (Freq. 1)
• Syn:
solution
• Hypernyms:
set
6. someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent)
• Syn:
ancestor, ascendant, ascendent, antecedent
• Ant:
descendant (for: ancestor)
• Derivationally related forms:
antecedent (for: antecedent), ancestral (for: ancestor)
• Hypernyms:
relative, relation
• Hyponyms:
ancestress, forebear, forbear, forefather, father,
sire, foremother, progenitor, primogenitor
7. a simple form inferred as the common basis from which related words in several languages can be derived by linguistic processes
• Syn:
etymon
• Hypernyms:
form, word form, signifier, descriptor
8. the part of a tooth that is embedded in the jaw and serves as support
• Syn:
tooth root
• Hypernyms:
structure, anatomical structure, complex body part, bodily structure, body structure
• Part Holonyms:
tooth
• Part Meronyms:
cementum, cement
1. take root and begin to grow (Freq. 2)
- this plant roots quickly
• Derivationally related forms:
rooting
• Hypernyms:
grow
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
- Something is ----ing PP
2. come into existence, originate
- The problem roots in her depression
• Derivationally related forms:
rootage
• Hypernyms:
become
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
- Somebody ----s
3. plant by the roots
• Hypernyms:
plant, set
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
4. dig with the snout
- the pig was rooting for truffles
• Syn:
rout, rootle
• Hypernyms:
dig, delve, cut into, turn over
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s something
5. become settled or established and stable in one's residence or life style
- He finally settled down
• Syn:
settle, take root, steady down, settle down
• Hypernyms:
stabilize, stabilise
• Hyponyms:
roost
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
- Somebody ----s PP
6. cause to take roots
• Derivationally related forms:
rooting
• Hypernyms:
grow
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
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