1. (n.)root a part of the body of a plant that develops, typically, from the radicle and grows downward into the soil, anchoring the plant and absorbing nutriment and moisture.
11. root a quantity that, when multiplied by itself a certain number of times, produces a given quantity: 2 is the square root of 4, the cube root of 8, and the fourth root of 16.
13. root a morpheme that underlies an inflectional or derivational paradigm, as dance, the root in danced, dancer or tend-, the root of Latin tendere“to stretch.”
14. root such a form reconstructed for a parent language, as *sed-, the hypothetical proto-Indo-European root meaning “sit.”
15. root the fundamental tone of a compound musical tone of a series of harmonies.
16. root the lowest tone of a chord when arranged as a series of thirds; fundamental.
17. root (in a screw or other threaded object) the narrow inner surface between threads.
18. root (in a gear) the narrow inner surface between teeth.
19. (v.i.)root to become fixed or established.
20. (v.t.)root to fix by or as if by roots: We were rooted to the spot in amazement.
33. (n.)Root Elihu, 1845–1937, U.S. statesman: Nobel peace prize 1912.
Definition of 'ROOT'
Princeton's WordNet
1. (noun)root (botany) the usually undergroundorgan that lacks buds or leaves or nodes; absorbs water and mineral salts; usually it anchors the plant to the ground
2. (noun)beginning, origin, root, rootage, source 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"
3. (noun)root, root word, base, stem, theme, radical (linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed "thematic vowels are part of the stem"
4. (noun)root a number that, when multiplied by itself some number of times, equals a given number
5. (noun)solution, root the set of values that give a true statement when substituted into an equation
6. (noun)ancestor, ascendant, ascendent, antecedent, root someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent)
7. (noun)etymon, root a simple form inferred as the common basis from which related words in several languages can be derived by linguistic processes
8. (verb)root, tooth root the part of a tooth that is embedded in the jaw and serves as support
9. (verb)root take root and begin to grow "this plant roots quickly"
10. (verb)root come into existence, originate "The problem roots in her depression"
11. (verb)root plant by the roots
12. (verb)rout, root, rootle dig with the snout "the pig was rooting for truffles"
13. (verb)settle, root, take root, steady down, settle down become settled or established and stable in one's residence or life style "He finally settled down"
1. (noun)root the parts of a plant that grow down into the ground the oak tree's massive roots
2. root the part of a tooth, hair, or nail that grows under the skin the roots of your hair/teeth
3. root the cause of sth bad the root of the problem; the root of this worrying behavior
4. root take root (of an idea) to begin to be accepted or believed Slowly, the plan took root in his mind.
5. (verb)root to support a particular competitor or team I'm rooting for the Bears to win.
Definition of 'ROOT'
Webster Dictionary
1. (noun)ROOT the underground portion of a plant, whether a true root or a tuber, a bulb or rootstock, as in the potato, the onion, or the sweetflag
2. (noun)ROOT the descending, and commonly branching, axis of a plant, increasing in length by growth at its extremity only, not divided into joints, leafless and without buds, and having for its offices to fix the plant in the earth, to supply it with moisture and soluble matters, and sometimes to serve as a reservoir of nutriment for future growth. A true root, however, may never reach the ground, but may be attached to a wall, etc., as in the ivy, or may hang loosely in the air, as in some epiphytic orchids
3. (noun)ROOT an edible or esculent root, especially of such plants as produce a single root, as the beet, carrot, etc.; as, the rootcrop
4. (noun)ROOT that which resembles a root in position or function, esp. as a source of nourishment or support; that from which anything proceeds as if by growth or development; as, the root of a tooth, a nail, a cancer, and the like
5. (noun)ROOT an ancestor or progenitor; and hence, an early race; a stem
6. (noun)ROOT a primitiveform of speech; one of the earliest terms employed in language; a word from which other words are formed; a radix, or radical
7. (noun)ROOT the cause or occasion by which anything is brought about; the source
8. (noun)ROOT that factor of a quantity which when multiplied into itself will produce that quantity; thus, 3 is a root of 9, because 3 multiplied into itself produces 9; 3 is the cube root of 27
9. (noun)ROOT the fundamental tone of any chord; the tone from whose harmonics, or overtones, a chord is composed
10. (noun)ROOT the lowest place, position, or part
11. (noun)ROOT the time which to reckon in making calculations
12. (verb)ROOT to turn up the earth with the snout, as swine
13. (verb)ROOT hence, to seek for favor or advancement by low arts or groveling servility; to fawn servilely
14. (verb)ROOT to turn up or to dig out with the snout; as, the swineroots the earth
15. (verb)ROOT to fix the root; to enter the earth, as roots; to takeroot and begin to grow
16. (verb)ROOT to be firmly fixed; to be established
17. (verb)ROOT to plant and fix deeply in the earth, or as in the earth; to implant firmly; hence, to makedeep or radical; to establish; -- used chiefly in the participle; as, rooted trees or forests; rooted dislike
18. (verb)ROOT to tear up by the root; to eradicate; to extirpate; -- with up, out, or away
2. The top node of the system directory structure; historically the
home directory of the root user, but probably named after the root of an
(inverted) tree.
3. By extension, the privileged system-maintenance login on any OS.
See root mode, go root, see
also wheel.
Sense: the part of a plant that grows under the ground and draws food and water from the soil Trees often have deep roots; Carrots and turnips are edible roots.
Definitions of ROOT 
Afrikaans: wortel
Arabic: جَذْر
Bulgarian: корен
Brazilian: raiz
Czech: kořen
German: die Wurzel
Danish: rod
Greek: ρίζα
Spanish: raíz
Estonian: juur
Farsi: ریشه
Finnish: juuri
French: racine
Hebrew: שוֹרֶש
Hindi: जड़
Croatian: korijen
Hungarian: gyökér
Indonesian: akar
Icelandic: rót
Italian: radice
Japanese: 根
Korean: 뿌리
Lithuanian: šaknis
Latvian: sakne
Malay: akar pokok
Dutch: wortel
Norwegian: rot
Polish: korzeń
Persian: ریشه
Pashto: ریښه
Portuguese: raiz
Romanian: rădăcină
Russian: корень
Slovak: koreň
Slovenian: korenina
Serbian: koren
Swedish: rot
Thai: รากพืช
Turkish: kök
Taiwanese: 植物根部
Ukrainian: корінь
Urdu: جڑ
Vietnamese: rễ cây
Chinese: 根茎
