English to English
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
source: WordNet 3.0
- 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.
source: WordNet 3.0
- (linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed
Thematic vowels are part of the stem.
source: WordNet 3.0
- a number that, when multiplied by itself some number of times, equals a given number
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- the set of values that give a true statement when substituted into an equation
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- someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent)
source: WordNet 3.0
- a simple form inferred as the common basis from which related words in several languages can be derived by linguistic processes
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- the part of a tooth that is embedded in the jaw and serves as support
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- 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.
source: Webster 1913
verb
- take root and begin to grow
This plant roots quickly.
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- come into existence, originate
The problem roots in her depression.
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- plant by the roots
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- dig with the snout
The pig was rooting for truffles.
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- become settled or established and stable in one's residence or life style
He finally settled down.
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- cause to take roots
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- To turn up the earth with the snout, as swine.
source: Webster 1913
- To turn up or to dig out with the snout; as, the swine roots the earth.
source: Webster 1913
- To fix the root; to enter the earth, as roots; to take root and begin to grow.
source: Webster 1913
- 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.
source: Webster 1913
- 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.
source: Webster 1913
English to Tagalog
noun
- [rut] Ugat; pinagmulán
source: Diccionario Ingles-Español-Tagalog
verb
- [rut] Mag-ugat
source: Diccionario Ingles-Español-Tagalog
