Comment prononcer "root"

• "root" prononcé en Anglais.

Signification et définition de "root"

Noun

(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

Synonymes:

• root

Noun

the place where something begins, where it springs into being; "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"

Synonymes:

• beginning
• origin
• root
• rootage
• source

Noun

(linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed; "thematic vowels are part of the stem"

Synonymes:

• root
• root word
• base
• stem
• theme
• radical

Noun

a number that, when multiplied by itself some number of times, equals a given number

Synonymes:

• root

Noun

the set of values that give a true statement when substituted into an equation

Synonymes:

• solution
• root

Noun

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

Synonymes:

• ancestor
• ascendant
• ascendent
• antecedent
• root

Noun

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

Synonymes:

• etymon
• root

Noun

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

Synonymes:

• root

Verb

take root and begin to grow; "this plant roots quickly"

Synonymes:

• root

Verb

come into existence, originate; "The problem roots in her depression"

Synonymes:

• root

Verb

cheer for; "She roots for the Broncos"

Synonymes:

• root

Verb

plant by the roots

Synonymes:

• root

Verb

dig with the snout; "the pig was rooting for truffles"

Synonymes:

• rout
• root
• rootle

Verb

become settled or established and stable in one's residence or life style; "He finally settled down"

Synonymes:

• settle
• root
• take root
• steady down
• settle down

Verb

cause to take roots

Synonymes:

• root