root

Pronunciation




Etymology 1
From, , , from late , from (🇨🇬), from , from ;.

Noun

 * 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.
 * , Book 1
 * They were the roots out of which sprang two distinct people.
 * 1)  The section of a wing immediately adjacent to the fuselage.
 * 2)  The bottom of the thread of a threaded object.
 * 3)  Of a number or expression, a number which, when raised to a specified power, yields the specified number or expression.
 * 4)  A square root (understood if no power is specified; in which case, "the root of" is often abbreviated to "root").
 * 5) * 1899, (transl.), The New Life (La Vita Nuova) of Dante Alighieri, Siddall edition, page 122.
 * The number three is the root of the number nine; being multiplied merely by itself, it produceth nine, as we manifestly perceive that three times three are nine.
 * 1)  A zero (of an equation).
 * 2)  The single node of a tree that has no parent.
 * 3)  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.
 * 4)  A word from which another word or words are derived.
 * 5)  The fundamental tone of any chord; the tone from whose harmonics, or overtones, a chord is composed.
 * 6) The lowest place, position, or part.
 * 7)  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.
 * 8)  The highest directory of a directory structure which may contain both files and subdirectories.
 * 9)  A penis, especially the base of a penis.
 * 1)  A square root (understood if no power is specified; in which case, "the root of" is often abbreviated to "root").
 * 2) * 1899, (transl.), The New Life (La Vita Nuova) of Dante Alighieri, Siddall edition, page 122.
 * The number three is the root of the number nine; being multiplied merely by itself, it produceth nine, as we manifestly perceive that three times three are nine.
 * 1)  A zero (of an equation).
 * 2)  The single node of a tree that has no parent.
 * 3)  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.
 * 4)  A word from which another word or words are derived.
 * 5)  The fundamental tone of any chord; the tone from whose harmonics, or overtones, a chord is composed.
 * 6) The lowest place, position, or part.
 * 7)  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.
 * 8)  The highest directory of a directory structure which may contain both files and subdirectories.
 * 9)  A penis, especially the base of a penis.
 * 1)  A word from which another word or words are derived.
 * 2)  The fundamental tone of any chord; the tone from whose harmonics, or overtones, a chord is composed.
 * 3) The lowest place, position, or part.
 * 4)  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.
 * 5)  The highest directory of a directory structure which may contain both files and subdirectories.
 * 6)  A penis, especially the base of a penis.
 * 1) The lowest place, position, or part.
 * 2)  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.
 * 3)  The highest directory of a directory structure which may contain both files and subdirectories.
 * 4)  A penis, especially the base of a penis.
 * 1)  The highest directory of a directory structure which may contain both files and subdirectories.
 * 2)  A penis, especially the base of a penis.
 * 1)  The highest directory of a directory structure which may contain both files and subdirectories.
 * 2)  A penis, especially the base of a penis.
 * 1)  A penis, especially the base of a penis.
 * 1)  A penis, especially the base of a penis.

Translations

 * Galician:
 * Korean:
 * Occitan:
 * Vietnamese:

Verb

 * 1) To grow roots; to enter the earth, as roots; to take root and begin to grow.
 * 2) To prepare, oversee, or otherwise cause the rooting of cuttings.
 * 3) To fix firmly; to establish.
 * 4)   To get root or privileged access on (a computer system or mobile phone), often through bypassing some security mechanism.
 * 1) To prepare, oversee, or otherwise cause the rooting of cuttings.
 * 2) To fix firmly; to establish.
 * 3)   To get root or privileged access on (a computer system or mobile phone), often through bypassing some security mechanism.
 * 1)   To get root or privileged access on (a computer system or mobile phone), often through bypassing some security mechanism.
 * 1)   To get root or privileged access on (a computer system or mobile phone), often through bypassing some security mechanism.
 * 1)   To get root or privileged access on (a computer system or mobile phone), often through bypassing some security mechanism.
 * 1)   To get root or privileged access on (a computer system or mobile phone), often through bypassing some security mechanism.

Translations

 * Ancient Greek: ῥιζόω
 * Bulgarian: пускам корени
 * Finnish:
 * Portuguese:, , radicar
 * Slovak: zakoreniť sa, zapustiť korene


 * Ancient Greek: ῥιζόω
 * Finnish: juurruttaa


 * Finnish: saada juurikäyttäjän oikeudet, rootata ,
 * German: rooten
 * Hungarian: rootol
 * Portuguese: rootear
 * Romanian: resofta
 * Spanish: rootear

Etymology 2
From, from , from. Related to 🇨🇬. Loss of initial w- probably due to influence from the related noun (Etymology 1).

Verb

 * 1)   To turn up or dig with the snout.
 * 2) * c. 1515–1516, published 1568,, Againſt venemous tongues enpoyſoned with ſclaunder and falſe detractions &c.:
 * Such tunges ſhuld be torne out by the harde rootes, Hoyning like hogges that groynis and wrotes.
 * 1)  To seek favour or advancement by low arts or grovelling servility; to fawn.
 * 2)  To rummage; to search as if by digging in soil.
 * 3)  Of a baby: to turn the head and open the mouth in search of food.
 * 4)  To root out; to abolish.
 * 5)  To tug or pull at the reins aggressively by driving the head downwards while wearing a bit.
 * 6)  To sexually penetrate.
 * 1)  Of a baby: to turn the head and open the mouth in search of food.
 * 2)  To root out; to abolish.
 * 3)  To tug or pull at the reins aggressively by driving the head downwards while wearing a bit.
 * 4)  To sexually penetrate.
 * 1)  To tug or pull at the reins aggressively by driving the head downwards while wearing a bit.
 * 2)  To sexually penetrate.
 * 1)  To sexually penetrate.

Usage notes

 * The Australian/New Zealand sexual sense is somewhat milder than but still quite coarse, and certainly not for polite conversation. The sexual sense will often be understood, unless care is taken with the context to make the rummage sense clear, or root through or root around is used. The past participle rooted is equivalent to  in the figurative sense of broken or tired, but rooting has only the direct verbal sense; it is not an all-purpose intensive like fucking.

Translations

 * Danish: rode
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * Galician:
 * German:
 * Hungarian:
 * Maori: kūtoro, ketu, ketuketu
 * Norwegian:
 * Polish:
 * Polish:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:


 * Finnish:


 * Dutch:, ,
 * Finnish:
 * Galician: escavichar,
 * Maori: kūtoro, ketu, ketuketu
 * Polish: przekopywać się
 * Portuguese:
 * Slovak: hrabať
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish: ,


 * Bulgarian:
 * Finnish:, repiä juurineen
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Slovak: vykoreniť


 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 搶口


 * Catalan:
 * Dutch:, ,
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * Italian:, ,

Noun

 * 1)  An act of sexual intercourse.
 * 2)  A sexual partner.
 * 1)  A sexual partner.
 * 1)  A sexual partner.

Usage notes

 * The Australian/New Zealand sexual sense of root is somewhat milder than but still quite coarse, certainly not for polite conversation. The normal usage is to have a root or similar.

Translations

 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * Italian:


 * Finnish:

Etymology 3
Possibly an alteration of, influenced by.

Verb

 * 1)  To cheer (on); to show support (for) and hope for the success of.

Translations

 * Dutch:, ,
 * Finnish:
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: ,
 * Slovak: držať palce
 * Swedish:
 * Thai: เอาใจช่วย

Etymology
Borrowed from.

Verb

 * 1)  to  (an Android device)

Etymology
From, from , from <. Compare 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.

Adjective

 * 1) red

Etymology
From, from , from , from the root.

Adjective

 * 1) red

Etymology
From, from.

Adjective

 * 1) red

Etymology
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Noun

 * 1)   user with complete access to the operating system