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Definition root

Etymology 1

From Middle English rote, root, roote (“the underground part of a plant”), from late Old English r?t, from Old Norse rót (Icelandic rót), from Proto-Germanic *wr?ts, from Proto-Indo-European *wréh?ds (“root”); cognate with wort, radish, and radix.

Noun

root (countable and uncountable, plural roots)

  1. The part of a plant, generally underground, that anchors and supports the plant body, absorbs and stores water and nutrients, and in some plants is able to perform vegetative reproduction.
  2. A root vegetable.
  3. The part of a tooth extending into the bone holding the tooth in place.
  4. The part of a hair under the skin that holds the hair in place.
  5. The part of a hair near the skin that has not been dyed, permed, or otherwise treated.
  6. The primary source; origin.
  7. (arithmetic) Of a number or expression, a number which, when raised to a specified power, yields the specified number or expression.
  8. (arithmetic) A square root (understood if no power is specified; in which case, “the root of” is often abbreviated to “root”).
  9. (mathematical analysis) A zero (of an equation).
  10. (graph theory, computing) The single node of a tree that has no parent.
  11. (linguistic morphology) The primary lexical unit of a word, which carries the most significant aspects of semantic content and cannot be reduced into smaller constituents. Inflectional stems often derive from roots.
  12. (philology) A word from which another word or words are derived.
  13. (music) The fundamental tone of any chord; the tone from whose harmonics, or overtones, a chord is composed.
  14. The lowest place, position, or part.
  15. (computing) In UNIX terminology, the first user account with complete access to the operating system and its configuration, found at the root of the directory structure; the person who manages accounts on a UNIX system.
  16. (computing) The highest directory of a directory structure which may contain both files and subdirectories.
  17. (slang) A penis, especially the base of a penis.
Verb

root (third-person singular simple present roots, present participle rooting, simple past and past participle rooted)

  1. To fix the root; to enter the earth, as roots; to take root and begin to grow.
  2. To be firmly fixed; to be established.
  3. (computing, slang, transitive) To break into a computer system and obtain root access.

Etymology 2

From Middle English wr?ten (“to dig with the snout”), from Old English wr?tan, from Proto-Germanic *wr?tan? (“to dig out, to root”). Related to Old English wr?t (“snout; trunk”).

Verb

root (third-person singular simple present roots, present participle rooting, simple past and past participle rooted)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) To turn up or dig with the snout.
  2. (by extension) To seek favour or advancement by low arts or grovelling servility; to fawn.
  3. (intransitive) To rummage; to search as if by digging in soil.
  4. (transitive) To root out; to abolish.
  5. (Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, vulgar, slang) To have sexual intercourse.
  6. (horticulture, intransitive) To grow roots
  7. (horticulture, transitive) To prepare, oversee, or otherwise cause the rooting of cuttings
Noun

root (plural roots)

  1. (Australia, New Zealand, vulgar, slang) An act of sexual intercourse.
  2. (Australia, New Zealand, vulgar, slang) A sexual partner.

Etymology 3

Possibly an alteration of rout (“to make a loud noise”), influenced by hoot

Verb

root (third-person singular simple present roots, present participle rooting, simple past and past participle rooted)

  1. (intransitive, with "for" or "on", US) To cheer (on); to show support (for) and hope for the success of. (See root for.) [late 19th century]

Results 220 Words with the letters ROOT

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7 letter words with the letters ROOT ↑
AGOROTH 11
ARNOTTO 8
BIOTRON 11
BOOSTER 10
BOOTERY 12
CARTOON 11
CHEROOT 12
COACTOR 13
COHORTS 12
COMFORT 16
COMPORT 16
CONSORT 11
CONTORT 11
CONTOUR 12
CONTROL 12
COOTERS 10
CORANTO 11
CORNUTO 12
CORONET 11
COWROTE 13
CROTONS 11
CROUTON 12
DISROOT 8
DOCTORS 11
DOGTROT 10
DONATOR 9
DOORMAT 11
DROPOUT 12
ENROOTS 8
FOETORS 10
FOOTERS 10
FOOTIER 10
FOOTLER 11
FORETOP 13
FOXTROT 17
FRONTON 12
GOSPORT 12
GROTTOS 9
HOOTERS 9
HOOTIER 9
HORNITO 10
HOTRODS 10
KOTOWER 14
LOCATOR 11
LOOTERS 8
MONITOR 11
MONTERO 11
MOOTERS 10
MOTORED 11
MOTORIC 13
NITROSO 8
OCTROIS 10
ODORANT 9
ORATION 8
ORATORS 7
ORATORY 9
OROTUND 10
ORTOLAN 9
OUTCROP 14
OUTCROW 14
OUTDOER 9
OUTDOOR 9
OUTDROP 12
OUTGROW 13
OUTPORT 11
OUTPOUR 12
OUTROAR 8
OUTROCK 15
OUTRODE 9
OUTROLL 10
OUTROOT 8
OUTROWS 11
OUTSOAR 8
OUTTROT 8
OUTWORE 11
OUTWORK 15
OUTWORN 12
OVERHOT 13
OVERTOP 14
PARTOOK 14
PATROON 11
POOFTER 13
POOREST 10
POOTERS 10
PORTICO 13
PORTION 11
PROCTOR 13
PROMOTE 13
PRONOTA 11
PROTONS 11
PROVOST 14
RATOONS 8
RATTOON 8
REBOOTS 10
REDROOT 8
RESHOOT 9
RETOOLS 8
RIDOTTO 8
RIOTOUS 8
RISOTTO 7
ROBOTIC 13
ROBOTRY 12
ROLLOUT 10
ROLLTOP 12
ROOFTOP 13
ROOSTED 8
ROOSTER 7
ROOTAGE 9
ROOTERS 7
ROOTIER 7
ROOTING 10
ROOTLET 8
ROTATOR 7
ROWBOAT 13
SCOOTER 10
SHEROOT 9
SHOOTER 9
SOOTHER 9
SOOTIER 7
STOOKER 11
STOOPER 10
TANDOOR 9
TAPROOM 13
TAPROOT 10
TEAROOM 10
THEORBO 12
THORONS 10
TOOLERS 8
TOOTERS 7
TOOTLER 8
TOPWORK 17
TORCHON 13
TOREROS 7
TORNADO 9
TOROIDS 8
TORPEDO 11
TORPORS 10
TORSION 8
TORTONI 8
TOURACO 11
TOWROPE 13
TREMOLO 11
TROGONS 10
TROLLOP 12
TROOPED 11
TROOPER 10
TSOORIS 7
UNROOTS 9
UPROOTS 11
WORKOUT 15
ZOOTIER 16
6 letter words with the letters ROOT ↑
AGOROT 8
COHORT 11
COOTER 9
CROTON 10
DOCTOR 10
ENROOT 7
FOETOR 9
FOOTER 9
FORGOT 11
GROTTO 8
HOOTER 8
HOTROD 9
LOOTER 7
MOOTER 9
MOTORS 9
OCTROI 9
ORATOR 6
OUTROW 10
POOTER 9
PRONTO 10
PROTON 10
RATOON 7
REBOOT 9
RETOOK 10
RETOOL 7
ROBOTS 9
ROOSTS 6
ROOTED 7
ROOTER 6
ROTORS 6
STROOK 10
THORON 9
TOOLER 7
TOOTER 6
TORERO 6
TOROID 7
TOROSE 6
TOROTH 8
TOROUS 7
TORPOR 9
TORSOS 6
TROGON 9
TROOPS 9
UNROOT 8
UPROOT 10
5 letter words with the letters ROOT ↑
MOTOR 8
ORTHO 7
ROBOT 8
ROOST 5
ROOTS 5
ROOTY 7
ROTOR 5
ROTOS 5
THORO 7
TOROS 5
TOROT 5
TORSO 5
TROOP 8
TROOZ 14
4 letter words with the letters ROOT ↑
ROOT 4
ROTO 4
TORO 4
3 letter words with the letters ROOT ↑
OOT 3
ORT 3
ROT 3
TOO 3
TOR 3
2 letter words with the letters ROOT ↑
OR 2
TO 2

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