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From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) :   [ foldoc ]

  root
       
          1.  The Unix superuser account (with
          user name "root" and user ID 0) that overrides file
          permissions.  The term avatar is also used.  By extension,
          the privileged system-maintenance login on any operating
          system.
       
          See root mode, go root, wheel.
       
          [{Jargon File]
       
          (1994-10-27)
       
          2.  root directory.
       
          (1996-11-21)
       
          3.  root node.
       
          (1998-11-14)
       
       

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Root \Root\, v. i. [Cf. Rout to roar.]
     To shout for, or otherwise noisly applaud or encourage, a
     contestant, as in sports; hence, to wish earnestly for the
     success of some one or the happening of some event, with the
     superstitious notion that this action may have efficacy; --
     usually with for; as, the crowd rooted for the home team.
     [Slang or Cant, U. S.]
     [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Root \Root\ (r[=oo]t), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Rooted; p. pr. &
     vb. n. Rooting.]
     1. To fix the root; to enter the earth, as roots; to take
        root and begin to grow.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              In deep grounds the weeds root deeper. --Mortimer.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. To be firmly fixed; to be established.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              If any irregularity chanced to intervene and to
              cause misappehensions, he gave them not leave to
              root and fasten by concealment.       --Bp. Fell.
        [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Root \Root\, v. t.
     1. To plant and fix deeply in the earth, or as in the earth;
        to implant firmly; hence, to make deep or radical; to
        establish; -- used chiefly in the participle; as, rooted
        trees or forests; rooted dislike.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. To tear up by the root; to eradicate; to extirpate; --
        with up, out, or away. ``I will go root away the noisome
        weeds.'' --Shak.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              The Lord rooted them out of their land . . . and
              cast them into another land.          --Deut. xxix.
                                                    28.
        [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Root \Root\, v. i. [AS. wr[=o]tan; akin to wr[=o]t a snout,
     trunk, D. wroeten to root, G. r["u]ssel snout, trunk,
     proboscis, Icel. r[=o]ta to root, and perhaps to L. rodere to
     gnaw (E. rodent) or to E. root, n.]
     1. To turn up the earth with the snout, as swine.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. Hence, to seek for favor or advancement by low arts or
        groveling servility; to fawn servilely.
        [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Root \Root\, v. t.
     To turn up or to dig out with the snout; as, the swine roots
     the earth.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Root \Root\, n. [Icel. r[=o]t (for vr[=o]t); akin to E. wort,
     and perhaps to root to turn up the earth. See Wort.]
     1. (Bot.)
        (a) 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 sweet flag.
        (b) 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.
            [1913 Webster]
  
     2. An edible or esculent root, especially of such plants as
        produce a single root, as the beet, carrot, etc.; as, the
        root crop.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. 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.
        Specifically:
        (a) An ancestor or progenitor; and hence, an early race; a
            stem.
            [1913 Webster]
  
                  They were the roots out of which sprang two
                  distinct people.                  --Locke.
            [1913 Webster]
        (b) A primitive form of speech; one of the earliest terms
            employed in language; a word from which other words
            are formed; a radix, or radical.
        (c) The cause or occasion by which anything is brought
            about; the source. ``She herself . . . is root of
            bounty.'' --Chaucer.
            [1913 Webster]
  
                  The love of money is a root of all kinds of
                  evil.                             --1 Tim. vi.
                                                    10 (rev. Ver.)
            [1913 Webster]
        (d) (Math.) 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.
        (e) (Mus.) The fundamental tone of any chord; the tone
            from whose harmonics, or overtones, a chord is
            composed. --Busby.
            [1913 Webster]
        (f) The lowest place, position, or part. ``Deep to the
            roots of hell.'' --Milton. ``The roots of the
            mountains.'' --Southey.
            [1913 Webster]
  
     4. (Astrol.) The time which to reckon in making calculations.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              When a root is of a birth yknowe [known]. --Chaucer.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     A["e]rial roots. (Bot.)
        (a) Small roots emitted from the stem of a plant in the
            open air, which, attaching themselves to the bark of
            trees, etc., serve to support the plant.
        (b) Large roots growing from the stem, etc., which descend
            and establish themselves in the soil. See Illust. of
            Mangrove.
  
     Multiple primary root (Bot.), a name given to the numerous
        roots emitted from the radicle in many plants, as the
        squash.
  
     Primary root (Bot.), the central, first-formed, main root,
        from which the rootlets are given off.
  
     Root and branch, every part; wholly; completely; as, to
        destroy an error root and branch.
  
     Root-and-branch men, radical reformers; -- a designation
        applied to the English Independents (1641). See Citation
        under Radical, n., 2.
  
     Root barnacle (Zo["o]l.), one of the Rhizocephala.
  
     Root hair (Bot.), one of the slender, hairlike fibers found
        on the surface of fresh roots. They are prolongations of
        the superficial cells of the root into minute tubes.
        --Gray.
  
     Root leaf (Bot.), a radical leaf. See Radical, a., 3
        (b) .
  
     Root louse (Zo["o]l.), any plant louse, or aphid, which
        lives on the roots of plants, as the Phylloxera of the
        grapevine. See Phylloxera.
  
     Root of an equation (Alg.), that value which, substituted
        for the unknown quantity in an equation, satisfies the
        equation.
  
     Root of a nail
        (Anat.), the part of a nail which is covered by the skin.
                
  
     Root of a tooth (Anat.), the part of a tooth contained in
        the socket and consisting of one or more fangs.
  
     Secondary roots (Bot.), roots emitted from any part of the
        plant above the radicle.
  
     To strike root, To take root, to send forth roots; to
        become fixed in the earth, etc., by a root; hence, in
        general, to become planted, fixed, or established; to
        increase and spread; as, an opinion takes root. ``The
        bended twigs take root.'' --Milton.
        [1913 Webster]

From Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001) :   [ jargon ]

  root n. [Unix] 1. The superuser account (with user name `root') that
     ignores permission bits, user number 0 on a Unix system. The term
     avatar is also used. 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.
  
  

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Root \Root\, v. i. [AS. wr[=o]tan; akin to wr[=o]t a snout,
     trunk, D. wroeten to root, G. r["u]ssel snout, trunk,
     proboscis, Icel. r[=o]ta to root, and perhaps to L. rodere to
     gnaw (E. rodent) or to E. root, n.]
     1. To turn up the earth with the snout, as swine.
  
     2. Hence, to seek for favor or advancement by low arts or
        groveling servility; to fawn servilely.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Root \Root\, v. t.
     To turn up or to dig out with the snout; as, the swine roots
     the earth.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Root \Root\, n. [Icel. r[=o]t (for vr[=o]t); akin to E. wort,
     and perhaps to root to turn up the earth. See Wort.]
     1. (Bot.)
        (a) 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 sweet flag.
        (b) 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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Root \Root\ (r[=oo]t), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Rooted; p. pr. &
     vb. n. Rooting.]
     1. To fix the root; to enter the earth, as roots; to take
        root and begin to grow.
  
              In deep grounds the weeds root deeper. --Mortimer.
  
     2. To be firmly fixed; to be established.
  
              If any irregularity chanced to intervene and to
              cause misappehensions, he gave them not leave to
              root and fasten by concealment.       --Bp. Fell.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Root \Root\, v. t.
     1. To plant and fix deeply in the earth, or as in the earth;
        to implant firmly; hence, to make deep or radical; to
        establish; -- used chiefly in the participle; as, rooted
        trees or forests; rooted dislike.
  
     2. To tear up by the root; to eradicate; to extirpate; --
        with up, out, or away. ``I will go root away the noisome
        weeds.'' --Shak.
  
              The Lord rooted them out of their land . . . and
              cast them into another land.          --Deut. xxix.
                                                    28.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Root \Root\, v. i. [Cf. Rout to roar.]
     To shout for, or otherwise noisly applaud or encourage, a
     contestant, as in sports; hence, to wish earnestly for the
     success of some one or the happening of some event, with the
     superstitious notion that this action may have efficacy; --
     usually with for; as, the crowd rooted for the home team.
     [Slang or Cant, U. S.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  
  
     To take place, root, sides, stock, etc. See under
        Place, Root, Side, etc.
  
     To take the air.
        (a) (Falconry) To seek to escape by trying to rise higher
            than the falcon; -- said of a bird.
        (b) See under Air.
  
     To take the field. (Mil.) See under Field.
  
     To take thought, to be concerned or anxious; to be
        solicitous. --Matt. vi. 25, 27.
  
     To take to heart. See under Heart.
  
     To take to task, to reprove; to censure.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  root
       n 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
       2: (linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are
          removed; "thematic vowels are part of the stem" [syn: root
          word, base, stem, theme, radical]
       3: 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"
          [syn: beginning, origin, rootage, source]
       4: a number that when multiplied by itself some number of times
          equals a given number
       5: the set of values that give a true statement when
          substituted into an equation [syn: solution]
       6: someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote
          than a grandparent) [syn: ancestor, ascendant, ascendent,
           antecedent] [ant: descendant]
       7: a simple form inferred as the common basis from which
          related words in several languages can be derived by
          linguistic processes [syn: etymon]
       8: the part of a tooth that is embedded in the jaw and serves
          as support [syn: tooth root]
       v 1: take root and begin to grow; "this plant roots quickly"
       2: come into existence, originate; "The problem roots in her
          depression"
       3: plant by the roots
       4: dig with the snout; "the pig was rooting for truffles" [syn:
           rout, rootle]
       5: take sides with; align oneself with; show strong sympathy
          for; "We all rooted for the home team"; "I'm pulling for
          the underdog"; "Are you siding with the defender of the
          title?" [syn: side, pull]
       6: 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]
       7: cause to take roots

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  root
     Αγγλικά n.
     1 η ρίζα (ενός φυτού)
     2 (ετ γλωσσ en) η ρίζα μιας λέξης
     3 (ετ μαθ en) η ρίζα ενός αριθμού
     4 (ετ πληροφ en) η αφετηρία, η ρίζα, ο αρχικός γονικός-κόμβος σε δομή
  δεδομένων δέντρο (tree)
     Αγγλικά vb.
     1 ριζώνω
     2 (ετ πληροφ en) η απόκτηση δικαιωμάτων διαχειριστή στο λειτουργικό
  σύστημα ενός υπολογιστικού συστήματος

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  root
     German Low German a.
     red
     Middle Dutch a.
     red
     n.
     (senseid en underground plant part) 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.
     vb.
     1 To grow #Nouns; to enter the earth, as #Nouns; to take root and
  begin to grow.
     2 To prepare, oversee, or otherwise cause the rooting of cuttings.
     3 To be firmly fixed; to be established.
     n.
     1 (lb en Australia New Zealand vulgar slang) An act of sexual
  intercourse.
     2 (lb en Australia New Zealand vulgar slang) A sexual partner.
     vb.
     1 (senseid en to dig up) (lb en ambitransitive) To turn up or dig
  with the snout.
     2 (lb en by extension) To seek favour or advancement by low arts or
  grovelling servility; to fawn.
     3 (lb en intransitive) To rummage; to search as if by digging in
  soil.
     4 (lb en intransitive) Of a baby: to turn the head and open the mouth
  in search of food.
     vb.
     (lb en intransitive with "for" or "on" US) To
  cheer (on); to show support (for) and hope for the success of. (q: See
  ''root for''.) (late 19th century)
     Portuguese n.
     (lb pt computing) (l en root) (gloss: user with complete access to
  the operating system)

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  Root
     German n.
     (place de municipality city/Lucerne c/Switzerland)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  root
     n.
     (senseid en underground plant part) 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.
     vb.
     1 To grow #Nouns; to enter the earth, as #Nouns; to take root and
  begin to grow.
     2 To prepare, oversee, or otherwise cause the rooting of cuttings.
     3 To be firmly fixed; to be established.
     n.
     1 (lb en Australia New Zealand vulgar slang) An act of sexual
  intercourse.
     2 (lb en Australia New Zealand vulgar slang) A sexual partner.
     vb.
     1 (senseid en to dig up) (lb en ambitransitive) To turn up or dig
  with the snout.
     2 (lb en by extension) To seek favour or advancement by low arts or
  grovelling servility; to fawn.
     3 (lb en intransitive) To rummage; to search as if by digging in
  soil.
     4 (lb en intransitive) Of a baby: to turn the head and open the mouth
  in search of food.
     vb.
     (lb en intransitive with "for" or "on" US) To
  cheer (on); to show support (for) and hope for the success of. (q: See
  ''root for''.) (late 19th century)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  Root
     alt.
     (sense: English surname) (alter en Rouet Rout Roots Roote Rootes)
     n.
     (surname en English from=Middle English) from a byname from (der en
  enm rote  glad).

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  root
     German Low German a.
     red
     Middle Dutch a.
     red
     n.
     (senseid en underground plant part) 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.
     vb.
     1 To grow #Nouns; to enter the earth, as #Nouns; to take root and
  begin to grow.
     2 To prepare, oversee, or otherwise cause the rooting of cuttings.
     3 To be firmly fixed; to be established.
     n.
     1 (lb en Australia New Zealand vulgar slang) An act of sexual
  intercourse.
     2 (lb en Australia New Zealand vulgar slang) A sexual partner.
     vb.
     1 (senseid en to dig up) (lb en ambitransitive) To turn up or dig
  with the snout.
     2 (lb en by extension) To seek favour or advancement by low arts or
  grovelling servility; to fawn.
     3 (lb en intransitive) To rummage; to search as if by digging in
  soil.
     4 (lb en intransitive) Of a baby: to turn the head and open the mouth
  in search of food.
     vb.
     (lb en intransitive with "for" or "on" US) To
  cheer (on); to show support (for) and hope for the success of. (q: See
  ''root for''.) (late 19th century)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  Root
     German n.
     (place de municipality city/Lucerne c/Switzerland)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  root
     German Low German a.
     red
     Middle Dutch a.
     red
     n.
     (senseid en underground plant part) 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.
     vb.
     1 To grow #Nouns; to enter the earth, as #Nouns; to take root and
  begin to grow.
     2 To prepare, oversee, or otherwise cause the rooting of cuttings.
     3 To be firmly fixed; to be established.
     n.
     1 (lb en Australia New Zealand vulgar slang) An act of sexual
  intercourse.
     2 (lb en Australia New Zealand vulgar slang) A sexual partner.
     vb.
     1 (senseid en to dig up) (lb en ambitransitive) To turn up or dig
  with the snout.
     2 (lb en by extension) To seek favour or advancement by low arts or
  grovelling servility; to fawn.
     3 (lb en intransitive) To rummage; to search as if by digging in
  soil.
     4 (lb en intransitive) Of a baby: to turn the head and open the mouth
  in search of food.
     vb.
     (lb en intransitive with "for" or "on" US) To
  cheer (on); to show support (for) and hope for the success of. (q: See
  ''root for''.) (late 19th century)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  Root
     German n.
     (place de municipality city/Lucerne c/Switzerland)

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  root
     Englanti n.
     1 juuri
     2 alku
     3 (tietotekniikka: k=en)  UNIX-järjestelmässä korkein käyttäjätaso,
  ylikäyttäjä
     Englanti vb.
     1 juurtua; juurruttaa
     2 tonkia
     3 (slangi k=en tietotekniikka) murtaa järjestelmä saadakseen
  ylikäyttäjän oikeudet

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  root
     Limburgiska n.
     rot

From German - English Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:deu-eng ]

  root /rˈoːt/ 
   [comp.] superuser , root user 
     Synonym: Superuser
  

From English-Afrikaans FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-afr ]

  root /ɹˈuːt/
  wortel

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Root /ɹˈuːt/
  الجذر

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  root //ɹuːt// //ɹʊt// 
  1. ко́рен 2.
  linguistic morphology: primary lexical unit of a word
   3.
  primary source
  2. корен 2.
  of a tooth
   3.
  arithmetic: number or expression which when raised to a power gives the specified number or expression
   4.
  part of a hair under the skin
   5.
  philology: word from which another word or words are derived
   6.
  graph theory: node in a tree that has no parent
  3. ко́рен, корен
  part of a plant

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  root //ɹuːt// //ɹʊt// 
  1. пускам корени
  to grow roots
  2. изкоренявам
  to root out

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  root /ɹˈuːt/
   [bio] kořen
           Note: kořen rostliny

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  root /ɹˈuːt/ 
   [mat] odmocnina

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  root /ɹˈuːt/ 
  kořen

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  root /ɹˈuːt/
  zakořenit

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  root /ɹˈuːt/
  podstata

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  root /ɹˈuːt/
  kořenný

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  root /ɹˈuːt/
  jádro

From Eurfa Saesneg, English-Welsh Eurfa/Freedict dictionary ver. 0.2.3 :   [ freedict:eng-cym ]

  root /ɹˈuːt/ 
  gwreiddyn 

From Eurfa Saesneg, English-Welsh Eurfa/Freedict dictionary ver. 0.2.3 :   [ freedict:eng-cym ]

  root /ɹˈuːt/ 
  gwreiddio 

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  root /ɹˈuːt/
  Geburtsaspekt  [astron.]

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  root /ɹˈuːt/
  Grundton  [mus.]
           Note: eines Akkords/einer Tonleiter
     Synonyms: root note, root tone
  
   see: root notes, root tones, roots
  
           Note: of a chord/scale

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  root /ɹˈuːt/
  Nullstelle  [math.]
     Synonym: zero
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  root /ɹˈuːt/
  Spross , Reis 
           Note: aus der Wurzel/aus dem Stamm +Gen., Abkömmling von jdm. [soc.]  [relig.]
           Note: Nachkomme
           Note: Bibel
        "a root of David"  - ein Spross (aus der Wurzel) Davids, Reis aus Davids Stamme
     Synonym: scion of sb.
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  root /ɹˈuːt/
  Stamm , Haupt 

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  root /ɹˈuːt/
  Stammwort  [ling.]
        "'Walk' is the root of 'walks' and 'walked'."  - „Gehen“ ist das Stammwort zu „geht“ und „ging“.
     Synonyms: root word, radical
  
           Note: of a word

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  root /ɹˈuːt/
  Wurzel  [bot.]  [übtr.]
        "deep-penetrating roots"  - tiefreichende Wurzeln
        "grow/develop/produce roots"  - Wurzeln ausbilden
        "take/strike/put down root/roots"  - Wurzeln schlagen
        "pull weeds up by the roots"  - Unkraut mit den Wurzeln ausreißen
        "go back to the roots"  - zu seinen Wurzeln zurückkehren
        "go back to your roots"  - zu seinen Wurzeln zurückkehren
        "Elm trees have shallow roots."  - Ulmen haben flache Wurzeln.
        "Cacti have deep and spreading roots."  - Kakteen haben tiefe und ausladende Wurzeln.
   see: roots, anchor root, fibrous root, fine root, heart root, tap root, absorbing root, feeder root, active root, structural root
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  root /ɹˈuːt/
  Wurzel  [anat.]
        "root of a/the hair"  - Haarwurzel
        "root of a/the nail"  - Nagelwurzel
   see: roots
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  root /ɹˈuːt/
  Wurzel  [math.]
           Note: aus
        "extracting a root"  - Wurzelziehen
        "2 is the fourth root of 16."  - 2 ist die vierte Wurzel aus 16.
   see: root extraction
  
           Note: of

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  root /ɹˈuːt/
   [fig.] Wurzel , Quelle , Ursache 
        "the root of all evil"  - die Wurzel allen Übels
        "get at/to the root(s) of things"  - den Dingen auf den Grund gehen

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  root /ɹˈuːt/ 
  bewurzeln 
   see: rooting, rooted
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  root /ɹˈuːt/ 
  in/unter etw. nach etw. stöbern, in etw. herumstöbern 
        "He rooted/rifled/raked/ferreted around in the drawer for his keys."  - Er stöberte in der Lade nach seinen Schlüsseln.
        "I think I'll root around for something to eat in the fridge."  - Ich werde mal im Kühlschrank nach etwas Essbarem stöbern.
     Synonyms: rifle, rake, ferret around/round/about in/among sth. for sth.
  
   see: rooting, rifling, raking, ferreting, rooted, rifled, raked, ferreted
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  root /ɹˈuːt/ 
  wurzeln, anwurzeln, einwurzeln, festwurzeln, Wurzeln schlagen  [bot.]
   see: rooting, rooted, roots, rooted
  

From English - Modern Greek XDXF/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.1.1 :   [ freedict:eng-ell ]

  root /ɹˈuːt/
  
  ρίζα

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  root //ɹuːt// //ɹʊt// 
  1. nollakohta
  analysis: zero of a function
  2. juurihakemisto, juurikansio
  computing: highest directory of a directory structure
  3. pääkäyttäjä
  computing: user account at the root of the directory structure
  4. juurisolmu
  graph theory: node in a tree that has no parent
  5. hampaanjuuri, juuri
  of a tooth
  6. hiusjuuri, juuri
  part of a hair under the skin
  7. puunjuuri, juuri
  part of a plant
  8. kanta, kantasana
  philology: word from which another word or words are derived
  9. juuri, lähde
  primary source
  10. pano
  coarse slang: act of sexual intercourse

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  root //ɹuːt// //ɹʊt// 
  1. rootata, ruutata, saada juurikäyttäjän oikeudet
  get root access
  2. köyriä
  coarse slang: to have sexual intercourse
  3. juurruttaa
  to cause to grow roots
  4. juurtua
  to grow roots
  5. juuria, repiä juurineen
  to root out
  6. nöyristellä
  to seek favour or advancement by servility
  7. tonkia
  to turn up or dig with the snout - as pigs
  8. kannustaa
  cheer

From English-French FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-fra ]

  root /ruːt/
  racine

From English-Irish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3.2 :   [ freedict:eng-gle ]

  root /ruːt/
  préamh

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-hin ]

  root /ɹˈuːt/ 
  1. जड़
        "Euclyptus has very long and deep roots."
        "Dentist pulled the tooth out by the root."
        "The root of the problem lies in his quarrelsome behavior."
  2. वर्गमूल
        "4 is the square root of 1.( 4*4 =16)"
  3. धातु{क्रिया
        "The root word in ‘going' is ‘go'."

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-hin ]

  root /ɹˈuːt/ 
  1. जड़~पकड़ना
        "Hibiscus type of plants roots easily."

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-hin ]

  root /ɹˈuːt/ 
  1. स्थापित~कर
        "She always roots the tender saplings very carefully. "

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-hrv ]

  root /ɹˈuːt/
  izvor, koljenaste biljke, kopati, korijen, potkopavati, prikovati, puštati korijenje, uzrok

From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 :   [ freedict:eng-hun ]

  root /ɹˈuːt/
  1. gumó
  2. eredô
  3. szótô
  4. alaphang
  5. körömágy
  6. forrás
  7. gyökérzet
  8. ágy
  9. gyökszó
  10. alap
  11. tôszó
  12. gyökértermés
  13. gyök
  14. eredet
  15. fenékberúgás
  16. tô
  17. ideggyök
  18. gyökér
  19. szógyök
  20. lapát nyaka
  21. alapja vminek
  22. gyökérszó
  23. fogtô
  24. lapát végzôdése

From English-Bahasa Indonesia FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-ind ]

  root //ɹuːt// //ɹʊt// 
  akar 2.
  part of a plant
   3.
  graph theory: node in a tree that has no parent
   4.
  of a tooth

From English-日本語 (にほんご) FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-jpn ]

  root //ɹuːt// //ɹʊt// 
  1. 解
  analysis: zero of a function
  2. 語根
  linguistic morphology: primary lexical unit of a word
  3. 歯根, 根
  of a tooth
  4. 根 2.
  part of a plant
   3.
  arithmetic: number or expression which when raised to a power gives the specified number or expression
   4.
  part of a hair under the skin
  5. 元, 根源, 起源
  primary source

From English-Latin FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.2 :   [ freedict:eng-lat ]

  root /ruːt/
  radix

From English-Lithuanian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.7.2 :   [ freedict:eng-lit ]

  root /ruːt/
  1. šaknis
  2. šakniavaisiai
  3. įsišaknyti
  4. (prisi)kasti, knisti
  5. padrąsinti, paskatinti, paremti

From English-Dutch FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:eng-nld ]

  root /ruːt/
  1. aanslaan, wortel schieten
  2. stam, wortel

From English-Norsk FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-nor ]

  root //ɹuːt// //ɹʊt// 
  rot
  part of a plant

From English-Norsk FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-nor ]

  root //ɹuːt// //ɹʊt// 
  rote
  to turn up or dig with the snout - as pigs

From English - Polish Piotrowski+Saloni/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:eng-pol ]

  root /ru:t/
  I.   1.  korzeń
   2.  podstawa, źródło
   3.  [mat]  pierwiastek
  II.    [np. przyczyna]  podstawowy
  III.   1.  [o roślinie]  zakorzeniać się, zakorzeniać
   2.  [szukać]  grzebać (through - w)  (around - w) , przegrzebywać (through sth - coś)  (around sth - coś)
   3.  take root (take V: :root)
   - zakorzeniać się
  IV.  root out /ɹˈuːt ˈaʊt/   wykorzeniać, wypłaszać

From English-Portuguese FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-por ]

  root /ruːt/
  raiz

From English-Romanian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-rom ]

  root /ɹˈuːt/
  rădăcină

From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-swe ]

  root //ɹuːt// //ɹʊt// 
  1. nollställe
  analysis: zero of a function
  2. tandrot, rot
  of a tooth
  3. hårrot, rot
  part of a hair under the skin
  4. rot 2.
  part of a plant
   3.
  arithmetic: number or expression which when raised to a power gives the specified number or expression
   4.
  graph theory: node in a tree that has no parent
  5. ordrot
  philology: word from which another word or words are derived
  6. källa, rot
  primary source

From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-swe ]

  root //ɹuːt// //ɹʊt// 
  1. rota
  to rummage, root out
  2. böka
  to turn up or dig with the snout - as pigs
  3. heja
  cheer

From English-Swahili xFried/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-swh ]

  root /ɹˈuːt/ 
  
  mzizi

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  root /ɹˈuːt/
  1. kökleştirmek, tutturmak
  2. kökleşmek, tutmak. root for (k. dili) desteklemek. root out, root up kökünden sökmek.

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  root /ɹˈuːt/
  1. kök
  2. kaynak, temel
  3. kelime kökü
  4. (mat.) kök. root and branch tamamıyle, kökten, toptan, hepsi. root beer bazı köklerden yapılan içecek. root borer kökleri kemiren bir böcek. root gall parazitlerin köklerde meydana getirdiği şişlik. root leaf kök filizi. cube root küp kök, üçüncü kuvvetten kök. pluck up by the root kökünden sökmek. square root kare kök, ikinci kuvvetten kök. take root kök salmak
  5. tutunmak. root'less  köksüz
  6. asılsız. root'let  kökçük, ince kök teli. root'y  köklü, kök gibi, kök dolu.

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/ˈɹut/

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  260 Moby Thesaurus words for "root":
     IC analysis, accidence, acclaim, affix, affixation, allomorph,
     ancestors, anchor, antecedents, applaud, base, basis,
     beat the bushes, bed, bed on, bedrock, beginning, birthplace,
     boost, bottom, bottom on, bound morpheme, bring to light, bud,
     build on, bulb, bulbil, burgeon, burrow, burst forth, catch, cause,
     cheer, cheer on, clap, clap the hands, cognate, commencement,
     completely, conception, confirm, conjugation, core, corm, cradle,
     cutting, declension, deep-dye, define, delve, derivation,
     derivative, descent, destroy, develop, difference of form, dig,
     dig out, dig up, discover, doublet, drive on, egg on, eliminate,
     embed, enclitic, encore, encourage, engraft, engrave, entirely,
     entrench, eponym, eradicate, essentiality, establish, etch, etymon,
     explore, exterminate, extirpate, family, family tree, fatherland,
     ferret, find, fix, flourish, footing, forage, forebears,
     forefathers, formative, found, found on, foundation, fount,
     fountain, fountainhead, free form, frisk, gemmate, genealogy,
     genesis, germinate, give a hand, go through, goad on, grass roots,
     ground, ground on, groundwork, grow, grow rank, hail, hasten on,
     head, hear it for, heart, heritage, hie on, hound on, house, hunt,
     hurry on, imbed, immediate constituent analysis, impact, implant,
     impress, imprint, inception, infix, infixation, inflection,
     infrastructure, ingrain, inscribe, jam, leaf, leaf out, leave,
     lineage, lodge, look around, look round, look through, luxuriate,
     marrow, morph, morpheme, morphemic analysis, morphemics,
     morphology, morphophonemics, motherland, nose, nose around, origin,
     original, origination, origins, overgrow, overrun, pack, paradigm,
     pedigree, pith, plant, poke, poke around, predecessors, prefix,
     prefixation, primitive, print, proclitic, provenance, provenience,
     pry, pullulate, put forth, put forth leaves, put out buds, quick,
     quintessence, radical, radically, radicle, radix, ransack,
     research, rhizome, riot, rise, rock bottom, root and branch,
     root for, root on, root out, root up, roots, rootstock, rummage,
     search, search through, seat, set, set in, set on, settle, shoot,
     shoot up, smell around, soul, source, speed on, spread, sprout,
     sprout up, spur on, stamp, stem, stereotype, stick, stick fast,
     stock, strike root, stuff, substance, substratum, suffix,
     suffixation, support, take root, tap, taproot, theme, thrive,
     totally, tuber, tubercle, turn up, uncover, undergird, underlie,
     underpinning, unearth, uproot, upspear, upsprout, urge on, utterly,
     vegetate, wedge, well, wellhead, whip on, wholly, word-formation
  
  

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  n. 根,基础,底部;
  v. 植根,使...固定,生根;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     n. 根,根本,根源,基础,底部
     vt. 使扎根,使固定,根除,肃清,搜出

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