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Root
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.
Root
Root Root, v. t.
To turn up or to dig out with the snout; as, the swine roots
the earth.
RootRoot 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. RootRoot 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. Root
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.
RootRoot 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.] root 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.
Meaning of Root from wikipedia
- zones: the
root cap, the
apical meristem, the
elongation zone, and the hair. The
root cap of new
roots helps the
root penetrate the soil.
These root caps are...
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ROOT is an object-oriented
program and
library developed by CERN. It was
originally designed for
particle physics data
analysis and
contains several features...
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Rooting is the
process of
allowing users of the
Android mobile operating system to
attain privileged control (known as
root access) over
various Android...
- In mathematics, a
square root of a
number x is a
number y such that y2 = x; in
other words, a
number y
whose square (the
result of
multiplying the number...
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sometimes called the
degree of the
root. A
root of
degree 2 is
called a
square root and a
root of
degree 3, a cube
root.
Roots of
higher degree are referred...
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Rooting may
refer to:
Gaining superuser access to a
computer system Rooting (Android),
attaining root access on
Android devices Jailbreaking (iOS), overriding...
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Stephen Root (born
November 17, 1951) is an
American actor. He has
starred as
Jimmy James on the
television sitcom NewsRadio, as
Milton Waddams in the...
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Root beer is a
sweet North American soft
drink traditionally made
using the
root bark of the s****afras tree S****afras
albidum or the vine of
Smilax ornata...
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root is the name of a
database record of the
root zone in the
Domain Name
System of the
Internet that was
occasionally used as a
diagnostic marker. Its...
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Root races are
stages in
human evolution in the
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