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English noun: root | |||
| 1. | root (plant) (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 | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | plant organ | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | adventitious root, briarroot, calamus, carrot, cassava, chicory, chicory root, cocoyam, dasheen, eddo, ginseng, horseradish, horseradish root, Hottentot bread, Hottentot's bread, licorice root, mandrake, mandrake root, manioc, orris, orrisroot, oyster plant, parsnip, pneumatophore, prop root, radish, rootlet, salsify, sarsaparilla root, senega, taproot, taro | ||
| Part holonym | bark, root cap, root hair | ||
| Part meronym | root system, rootage | ||
| Substance holonym | parenchyma | ||
| Domain category | botany, phytology | ||
| 2. | root (location) the place where something begins, where it springs into being | ||
| Samples | 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. | ||
| Synonyms | beginning, origin, rootage, source | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | point | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | birthplace, cradle, derivation, fountainhead, head, headspring, headwater, home, jumping-off place, place of origin, point of departure, point source, provenance, provenience, spring, trail head, trailhead, wellhead, wellspring | ||
| 3. | root (communication) (linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed | ||
| Samples | Thematic vowels are part of the stem. | ||
| Synonyms | base, radical, root word, stem, theme | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | descriptor, form, signifier, word form | ||
| Domain category | linguistics | ||
| 4. | root (quantity) a number that, when multiplied by itself some number of times, equals a given number | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | number | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | cube root, square root | ||
| 5. | root (group) the set of values that give a true statement when substituted into an equation | ||
| Synonyms | solution | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | set | ||
| 6. | root (person) someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent) | ||
| Synonyms | ancestor, antecedent, ascendant, ascendent | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | relation, relative | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | ancestress, father, forbear, forebear, forefather, foremother, primogenitor, progenitor, sire | ||
| Antonyms | descendant, descendent | ||
| 7. | root (communication) a simple form inferred as the common basis from which related words in several languages can be derived by linguistic processes | ||
| Synonyms | etymon | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | descriptor, form, signifier, word form | ||
| 8. | root (body) the part of a tooth that is embedded in the jaw and serves as support | ||
| Synonyms | tooth root | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | anatomical structure, bodily structure, body structure, complex body part, structure | ||
| Part holonym | cement, cementum | ||
| Part meronym | tooth | ||
English verb: root | |||
| 1. | root (change) take root and begin to grow | ||
| Samples | This plant roots quickly. | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s. Something is ----ing PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | grow | ||
| Verb group | root | ||
| 2. | root (stative) come into existence, originate | ||
| Samples | The problem roots in her depression. | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s. Somebody ----s | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | become | ||
| 3. | root (contact) plant by the roots | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | plant, set | ||
| 4. | root (contact) dig with the snout | ||
| Samples | The pig was rooting for truffles. | ||
| Synonyms | rootle, rout | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | cut into, delve, dig, turn over | ||
| 5. | root (change) become settled or established and stable in one's residence or life style | ||
| Samples | He finally settled down. | ||
| Synonyms | settle, settle down, steady down, take root | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s. Somebody ----s PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | stabilise, stabilize | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | roost | ||
| 6. | root (change) cause to take roots | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | grow | ||
| Verb group | root | ||
Based on WordNet 3.0 copyright © Princeton University.
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