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root en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • (Australia) audio
  • (General-American) audio
  • (General-American) audio
  • /ɾʉt/ (Scotland)
  • /ɻʉt/ (Northern-Ireland)
  • /ɹut/ (General-American)
  • /ɹuːt/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /ɹʉwt/ (British, Southern, Standard)
  • (Midwestern-US) audio
  • /ɹʊt/ (Midwestern-US)
  • /ɹʉːt/ (Australia, New-Zealand)
  • ro͝ot
  • ro͞ot

Etymology

PIE word *wréh₂ds From Middle English rote, root, roote (“the underground part of a plant”), from late Old English rōt, from Old Norse rót (“root”), from Proto-Germanic *wrōts (“root”), from Proto-Indo-European *wréh₂ds (“root”); Doublet of wort, radish, and radix. Cognate with Scots ruit, rute (“root”), Danish rod (“root”), Faroese and Icelandic rót (“root”), Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish rot (“root”).

Meanings

  1. (countable, uncountable) 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.
    • This tree's roots can go as deep as twenty metres underground.
    • A Greek historian Phylarchus describes a white root indigenous to India that caused eunuchism when a person bathed in water in which the root was steeped. 1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 123:
    • A root caught Ulot's left foot and he almost fell. 1981, Frank Herbert, God Emperor of Dune, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 6:
  2. (countable, uncountable) A root vegetable.
    • [...] two fields which should have been sown with roots in the early summer were not sown because the ploughing had not been completed early enough. 1943 November – 1944 February (date written; published 1945 August 17), George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], Animal Farm […], London: Secker & Warburg, published May 1962, →OCLC:
  3. (countable, uncountable) The part of a tooth extending into the bone holding the tooth in place.
    • Root damage is a common problem of overbrushing.
  4. (countable, uncountable) The part of a hair under the skin that holds the hair in place.
    • The root is the only part of the hair that is alive.
  5. (countable, uncountable) The part of a hair near the skin that has not been dyed, permed, or otherwise treated.
    • He dyed his hair black last month, so the grey roots can be seen.
  6. (countable, figuratively, uncountable) The primary source; origin.
    • Phallicism was, therefore, at the root of all religion, and was definitely the opponent of evil and darkness. 1936, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art, London: Long, page 160:
    • The love of money is the root of all evil.
    • They were the roots out of which sprang two distinct people. , Book 1
  7. (countable, uncountable) The section of a wing immediately adjacent to the fuselage.
  8. (countable, uncountable) The bottom of the thread of a threaded object.
    • The root diameter is the minor diameter of an external thread and the major diameter of an internal one.
  9. (countable, uncountable) Of a number or expression, a number which, when raised to a specified power, yields the specified number or expression.
    • The cube root of 27 is 3.
  10. (countable, uncountable) A square root (understood if no power is specified; in which case, “the root of” is often abbreviated to “root”).
    • 1899, Dante Gabriel Rossetti (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.
    • Multiply by root 2.
  11. (countable, uncountable) A zero (of an equation).
  12. (countable, uncountable) The single node of a tree that has no parent.
  13. (countable, uncountable) 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.
    • In ſo moche that if any verbe be of the thyꝛde coniugation / I ſet out all his rotes and tenſes[…] 1530 July 18, Iohan Palſgrave, “The Introduction”, in Leſclarciſſement de la langue francoyſe […] , London: Richard Pynſon, Iohan Haukyns, →OCLC, page 32; reprinted as Lesclarcissement de la langue françoyse, Genève: Slatkine Reprints, 1972:
    • A considerable number of derived nominals, especially thematic nouns, also exhibited o-grade roots. 2006, Donald Ringe, From Proto-Indo-European to Proto-Germanic (A Linguistic History of English; 1), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 12:
  14. (countable, uncountable) A word from which another word or words are derived.
  15. (countable, uncountable) The fundamental tone of any chord; the tone from whose harmonics, or overtones, a chord is composed.
  16. (countable, uncountable) The lowest place, position, or part.
    • deep to the roots of hell 1667, John Milton, “Book X”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:
    • the roots of the mountains 1812, Robert Southey, Omniana:
  17. (countable, uncountable) 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.
    • I have to log in as root before I do that.
  18. (countable, uncountable) The highest directory of a directory structure which may contain both files and subdirectories.
    • I installed the files in the root directory.
  19. (countable, slang, uncountable) A penis, especially the base of a penis.

Forms

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Antonyms

crest · pole

Coordinates

home directory · stem

Deriveds

fingerroot (Terms derived from root (noun)) · rootogram (Terms derived from root (noun)) · pinkroot (Terms derived from root (noun)) · root sheath (Terms derived from root (noun)) · abscess root (Terms derived from root (noun)) · root position (Terms derived from root (noun)) · pleurisy root (Terms derived from root (noun)) · square root of fuck all (Terms derived from root (noun)) · subroot (Terms derived from root (noun)) · hollowroot (Terms derived from root (noun)) · golden root} (Terms derived from root (noun)) · roots rock (Terms derived from root (noun)) · root cellar (Terms derived from root (noun)) · bowman's root (Terms derived from root (noun)) · put down roots (Terms derived from root (noun)) · root around (Terms derived from root (noun)) · advanced tongue root (Terms derived from root (noun)) · alumroot (Terms derived from root (noun)) · rem (Terms derived from root (noun)) · rational root theorem (Terms derived from root (noun)) · chay root (Terms derived from root (noun)) · primitive root (Terms derived from root (noun)) · deep-rooted (Terms derived from root (noun)) · rattlesnake root (Terms derived from root (noun)) · sysroot (Terms derived from root (noun)) · starch-root (Terms derived from root (noun)) · feverroot (Terms derived from root (noun)) · clubroot (Terms derived from root (noun)) · root fly (Terms derived from root (noun)) · rootsy (Terms derived from root (noun)) · root pressure (Terms derived from root (noun)) · rootlet (Terms derived from root (noun)) · beet root (Terms derived from root (noun)) · bare-root (Terms derived from root (noun)) · root-cause (Terms derived from root (noun)) · root nodule (Terms derived from root (noun)) · squawroot (Terms derived from root (noun)) · liquorice root (Terms derived from root (noun)) · rootwork (Terms derived from root (noun)) · digital root (Terms derived from root (noun)) · coralroot (Terms derived from root (noun)) · cancer root (Terms derived from root (noun)) · Armillaria root rot (Terms derived from root (noun)) · cabbage root fly (Terms derived from root (noun)) · rootfinder (Terms derived from root (noun)) · strawberry root weevil (Terms derived from root (noun)) · dick root (Terms derived from root (noun)) · root parsley (Terms derived from root (noun)) · complex conjugate root theorem (Terms derived from root (noun)) · roots wine (Terms derived from root (noun)) · root mean square (Terms derived from root (noun)) · china-root (Terms derived from root (noun)) · multiroot (Terms derived from root (noun)) · orrisroot (Terms derived from root (noun)) · roots music (Terms derived from root (noun)) · dragonroot (Terms derived from root (noun)) · briar-root (Terms derived from root (noun)) · root gap (Terms derived from root (noun)) · rootstalk (Terms derived from root (noun)) · balsamroot (Terms derived from root (noun)) · soaproot (Terms derived from root (noun)) · cotton root rot (Terms derived from root (noun)) · grassroot (Terms derived from root (noun)) · gagroot (Terms derived from root (noun)) · rootbound (Terms derived from root (noun)) · toadroot (Terms derived from root (noun)) · root rot (Terms derived from root (noun)) · white rattlesnake root (Terms derived from root (noun)) · root kit (Terms derived from root (noun)) · root noun (Terms derived from root (noun)) · rootery (Terms derived from root (noun)) · rootward (Terms derived from root (noun)) · breadroot (Terms derived from root (noun)) · retracted tongue root (Terms derived from root (noun)) · root cellaring (Terms derived from root (noun)) · square root decomposition (Terms derived from root (noun)) · blackroot (Terms derived from root (noun)) · sunroot (Terms derived from root (noun)) · root disease (Terms derived from root (noun)) · rootage (Terms derived from root (noun)) · root hair (Terms derived from root (noun)) · root tea (Terms derived from root (noun)) · China root (Terms derived from root (noun)) · reroot (Terms derived from root (noun)) · Canada root (Terms derived from root (noun)) · root-hardy (Terms derived from root (noun)) · root plant (Terms derived from root (noun)) · root canal (Terms derived from root (noun)) · arrowroot (Terms derived from root (noun)) · crinkleroot (Terms derived from root (noun)) · rootstock (Terms derived from root (noun)) · shaya root (Terms derived from root (noun)) · fernroot (Terms derived from root (noun)) · rootzone (Terms derived from root (noun)) · whiteroot (Terms derived from root (noun)) · riceroot (Terms derived from root (noun)) · bellyache root (Terms derived from root (noun)) · rattleroot (Terms derived from root (noun)) · stilt root (Terms derived from root (noun)) · root morpheme (Terms derived from root (noun)) · root-knot nematode (Terms derived from root (noun)) · rootkit (Terms derived from root (noun)) · rootlike (Terms derived from root (noun)) · root and branch (Terms derived from root (noun)) · principal root (Terms derived from root (noun)) · unroot (Terms derived from root (noun)) · grass roots (Terms derived from root (noun)) · muskroot (Terms derived from root (noun)) · multiple root (Terms derived from root (noun)) · nonroot (Terms derived from root (noun)) · mortification root (Terms derived from root (noun)) · rootbark (Terms derived from root (noun)) · root cap (Terms derived from root (noun)) · arrow-root (Terms derived from root (noun)) · pokeroot (Terms derived from root (noun)) · frost-root (Terms derived from root (noun)) · sweetroot (Terms derived from root (noun)) · mushroom root rot (Terms derived from root (noun)) · rheumatism root (Terms derived from root (noun)) · buttress root (Terms derived from root (noun)) · colicroot (Terms derived from root (noun)) · roots-rock (Terms derived from root (noun)) · asparagus root (Terms derived from root (noun)) · roots-reggae (Terms derived from root (noun)) · chaya root (Terms derived from root (noun)) · rootworker (Terms derived from root (noun)) · High John root (Terms derived from root (noun)) · root cause (Terms derived from root (noun)) · root-fallen (Terms derived from root (noun)) · Texas root rot (Terms derived from root (noun)) · unicorn root (Terms derived from root (noun)) · orangeroot (Terms derived from root (noun)) · shoestring root rot (Terms derived from root (noun)) · root of scarcity (Terms derived from root (noun)) · root beer float (Terms derived from root (noun)) · enroot (Terms derived from root (noun)) · stoneroot (Terms derived from root (noun)) · aniseroot (Terms derived from root (noun)) · knotroot (Terms derived from root (noun)) · rootfinding (Terms derived from root (noun)) · root-and-brancher (Terms derived from root (noun)) · biscuitroot (Terms derived from root (noun)) · grass-roots (Terms derived from root (noun)) · manroot (Terms derived from root (noun)) · bread-root (Terms derived from root (noun)) · violet root rot (Terms derived from root (noun)) · outroot (Terms derived from root (noun)) · plank root (Terms derived from root (noun)) · uproot (Terms derived from root (noun)) · roots (Terms derived from root (noun)) · John the Conqueror root (Terms derived from root (noun)) · beetroot (Terms derived from root (noun)) · rootworm (Terms derived from root (noun)) · disroot (Terms derived from root (noun)) · daisy roots (Terms derived from root (noun)) · aerial root (Terms derived from root (noun)) · squaw root (Terms derived from root (noun)) · root word (Terms derived from root (noun)) · birthroot (Terms derived from root (noun)) · root of unity (Terms derived from root (noun)) · rooty (Terms derived from root (noun)) · tulip root (Terms derived from root (noun)) · dorsal root ganglion (Terms derived from root (noun)) · characteristic root (Terms derived from root (noun)) · roothold (Terms derived from root (noun)) · bareroot (Terms derived from root (noun)) · roseroot (Terms derived from root (noun)) · eddy root (Terms derived from root (noun)) · rootwise (Terms derived from root (noun)) · queenroot (Terms derived from root (noun)) · root vole (Terms derived from root (noun)) · cloveroot (Terms derived from root (noun)) · rootless (Terms derived from root (noun)) · webroot (Terms derived from root (noun)) · bloodroot (Terms derived from root (noun)) · root-and-branch (Terms derived from root (noun)) · wormroot (Terms derived from root (noun)) · root beer (Terms derived from root (noun)) · jaundice root (Terms derived from root (noun)) · paintroot (Terms derived from root (noun)) · bigroot (Terms derived from root (noun)) · the love of money is the root of all evil (Terms derived from root (noun)) · root-bound (Terms derived from root (noun)) · dick-root (Terms derived from root (noun)) · root doctor (Terms derived from root (noun)) · papoose root (Terms derived from root (noun)) · redroot (Terms derived from root (noun)) · buttress-root (Terms derived from root (noun)) · root mean square velocity (Terms derived from root (noun)) · biscuit root (Terms derived from root (noun)) · root-rocker (Terms derived from root (noun)) · sensory root (Terms derived from root (noun)) · midroot (Terms derived from root (noun)) · celery root (Terms derived from root (noun)) · strictly roots (Terms derived from root (noun)) · rootable (Terms derived from root (noun)) · china root (Terms derived from root (noun)) · briarroot (Terms derived from root (noun)) · rabbit root (Terms derived from root (noun)) · cock-root (Terms derived from root (noun)) · rootball (Terms derived from root (noun)) · bitterroot (Terms derived from root (noun)) · taproot (Terms derived from root (noun)) · memory root (Terms derived from root (noun)) · rootling (Terms derived from root (noun)) · flagroot (Terms derived from root (noun)) · root of all evil (Terms derived from root (noun)) · licorice root (Terms derived from root (noun)) · Armillaria root disease (Terms derived from root (noun)) · roots drink (Terms derived from root (noun)) · dorsal root (Terms derived from root (noun)) · yellowroot (Terms derived from root (noun)) · money is the root of all evil (Terms derived from root (noun)) · ginger root (Terms derived from root (noun)) · pigroot (Terms derived from root (noun)) · pseudoroot (Terms derived from root (noun)) · root bark (Terms derived from root (noun)) · choy root (Terms derived from root (noun)) · intraroot (Terms derived from root (noun)) · root zone (Terms derived from root (noun)) · roothole (Terms derived from root (noun)) · root system (Terms derived from root (noun)) · puttyroot (Terms derived from root (noun)) · simple root (Terms derived from root (noun)) · Boott's rattlesnake root (Terms derived from root (noun)) · roots reggae (Terms derived from root (noun)) · root field (Terms derived from root (noun)) · take root (Terms derived from root (noun)) · root-noun (Terms derived from root (noun)) · Seneca root (Terms derived from root (noun)) · secondary root (Terms derived from root (noun)) · Culver's root (Terms derived from root (noun)) · principal square root (Terms derived from root (noun)) · snakeroot (Terms derived from root (noun))

Descendants

rúta

Holonyms

kernel

Hyponyms

taproot

Relateds

successor · × ×... = (multiplication, factorization; factor) · + +... = (addition, summation) · √ = (root extraction; degree) · − = (subtraction) · × = (multiplication, factorization; multiplier) · + = (addition, summation) · Or sometimes (numerator) / (denominator) = (quotient) · = (exponentiation; base) · ÷ = (division; dividend) · log(base) = (logarithmization)

Synonyms

source · zero · fang · root user · root account · etymon · origin · fang · basis · superuser

Translations (716)

luy kumuzizi (part of a plant) · is rót (of a tooth) · ta வேர் (primary source) · ja 起源 (primary source) · eo ĉefuzanto (computing: user account at the root of the directory structure) · nb rot (part of a plant) · fy woartel (part of a plant) · nb rot (primary source) · pms rèis (part of a plant) · ast raíz (analysis: zero of a function) · fa ریشِه (part of a hair under the skin) · zu umsuka (part of a hair under the skin) · da rod (part of a plant) · la radicis (of a tooth) · lmo radis (part of a plant) · cy gwraidd (part of a plant) · ota عرق (part of a plant) · cs kořínek (part of a hair under the skin) · haw ule (part of a plant) · ce орам (part of a plant) · fi juuri (of a tooth) · pt raiz (part of a hair near the skin) · bn মূল (part of a plant) · pt raiz (part of a hair under the skin) · lmw ṣúuli (part of a plant) · ja(part of a plant) · jmd wakar (part of a plant) · fi pääkäyttäjä (person who manages accounts on a UNIX system) · tr kök (of a tooth) · myv юр (part of a plant) · gd freumh (linguistic morphology: primary lexical unit of a word) · mhr вож (of a tooth) · khb ᦣᦱᧅ (part of a plant) · vi rễ (part of a plant) · rsk корень (part of a plant) · vec raixa (part of a plant) · pap rais (part of a plant) · mns-nor та̄р (part of a plant) · ppl nelwat (part of a plant) · tr kök (part of a plant) · kpv вуж (part of a plant) · hu hajgyökér (part of a hair under the skin) · pt raiz (arithmetic: number or expression which when raised to a power gives the specified number or expression) · hu gyök (arithmetic: number or expression which when raised to a power gives the specified number or expression) · ccc ijtishi (part of a plant) · ko 뿌리 (of a tooth) · nb rot (of a tooth) · pam yamut (part of a plant) · fi hiusjuuri (part of a hair near the skin) · sh kȍrijēn (part of a hair under the skin) · de Haarwurzel (part of a hair under the skin) · grc ῥίζα (part of a plant) · mnp(part of a plant) · he שורש (of a tooth) · an radiz (part of a plant) · txb witsako (part of a plant) · ca arrel (part of a plant) · zu impande (part of a plant) · te వేరు (part of a plant) · grk-mar ри́за (part of a plant) · pl korzeń (of a tooth) · ium nzungh (part of a plant) · zea wortel (part of a plant) · atv тазыл (part of a plant) · bg корен (analysis: zero of a function) · bg корен (arithmetic: number or expression which when raised to a power gives the specified number or expression) · el ρίζα (part of a plant) · ko 거듭제곱근 (arithmetic: number or expression which when raised to a power gives the specified number or expression) · bg ко́рен (primary source) · tk kök (part of a plant) · vi chân răng (of a tooth) · rif aẓwar (primary source) · ill waged (part of a plant) · ca arrel (linguistic morphology: primary lexical unit of a word) · cho akshish (part of a plant) · cy gwraidd (primary source) · el ρίζα (linguistic morphology: primary lexical unit of a word) · mn ᠦᠨᠳᠦᠰᠦ (part of a plant) · la radix (primary source) · to aka (part of a plant) · ru ко́рень (linguistic morphology: primary lexical unit of a word) · ar شرش (part of a plant) · lt šaknis (part of a plant) · zh(of a tooth) · fi juuri (primary source) · myv юндокс (part of a plant) · tr kaynak (primary source) · mvv bakat (part of a plant) · cs odmocnina (arithmetic: number or expression which when raised to a power gives the specified number or expression) · mhr вож (linguistic morphology: primary lexical unit of a word) · la rādīx (part of a plant) · acm عرگ (part of a plant) · xbr amu (part of a plant) · sv rot (analysis: zero of a function) · ota كوك (part of a plant) · ty aʻa (part of a plant) · sq rrënja (philology: word from which another word or words are derived) · ru ко́рень (part of a plant) · pl katalog główny (computing: highest directory of a directory structure) · fr racine (arithmetic: number or expression which when raised to a power gives the specified number or expression) · nl wortel (linguistic morphology: primary lexical unit of a word) · sk koreň (of a tooth) · lez пун (part of a plant) · sc arraighina (part of a plant) · fi juuri (part of a plant) · ur جَڑ (part of a plant) · lij reixe (part of a plant) · btw gamot (part of a plant) · nl machtswortel (arithmetic: number or expression which when raised to a power gives the specified number or expression) · ar أَصْل (philology: word from which another word or words are derived) · az kök (part of a plant) · nl wortel (part of a plant) · sq nyje (graph theory: node in a tree that has no parent) · ltg sakne (part of a plant) · dlm radaica (part of a plant) · mdh dalig (part of a plant) · sh ко̏рије̄н (primary source) · sah силис (part of a plant) · uk ко́рінь (arithmetic: number or expression which when raised to a power gives the specified number or expression) · pa ਜੜ੍ਹ (part of a plant) · tr kök (arithmetic: number or expression which when raised to a power gives the specified number or expression) · lv sakne (primary source) · shi azɣwr (part of a plant) · grc ῥίζα (primary source) · hu gyökér (part of a plant) · ne जरा (part of a plant) · ta வேர் (of a tooth) · nl wortel (part of a hair under the skin) · nn rot (part of a hair under the skin) · th ราก (part of a plant) · it radice (of a tooth) · kl sorlak (part of a plant) · bpz oka (part of a plant) · sv rot (part of a plant) · ru ко́рни (philology: word from which another word or words are derived) · bg корен (graph theory: node in a tree that has no parent) · is rætur (of a tooth) · fr racine (philology: word from which another word or words are derived) · sl koren (philology: word from which another word or words are derived) · lbe бакӏру (part of a plant) · nod ᩁᩣ᩠ᨠ (part of a plant) · tft utu (part of a plant) · sh kȍrēn (of a tooth) · oj ojiibik (part of a plant) · ast raigaño (analysis: zero of a function) · el ρίζα (philology: word from which another word or words are derived) · zh 詞根 /词根 (philology: word from which another word or words are derived) · sl korenina (part of a plant) · uk ко́рінь (analysis: zero of a function) · ttj omuzi class 3 (part of a plant) · nl wortel (arithmetic: number or expression which when raised to a power gives the specified number or expression) · el ρίζα (of a tooth) · hu gyökér (philology: word from which another word or words are derived) · el ρίζα (primary source) · he מקור (primary source) · de Stamm (philology: word from which another word or words are derived) · nl wortel (of a tooth) · tr köken (philology: word from which another word or words are derived) · gl raíz (of a tooth) · uk ко́рінь (part of a plant) · hi जड़ (part of a plant) · qu sapi (part of a plant) · tl ugat (part of a plant) · so xiddid (part of a plant) · uk корі́ння (part of a plant) · id direktori awal (computing: highest directory of a directory structure) · ru ко́рни (part of a hair under the skin) · fa ریشَه (part of a plant) · ny muzu (part of a plant) · sh ко̏рије̄н (part of a plant) · pac riêih (part of a plant) · skb ร̄าก (part of a plant) · sv tandrot (of a tooth) · kmr kok (part of a plant) · fi pääkäyttäjä (computing: user account at the root of the directory structure) · ms punca (computing: highest directory of a directory structure) · mnw ရိုဟ် (part of a plant) · bg ко́рен (part of a hair under the skin) · fi hiusjuuri (part of a hair under the skin) · ar جَذْر (linguistic morphology: primary lexical unit of a word) · he שורש (part of a hair under the skin) · ug يىلتىز (part of a plant) · haw aʻa (part of a plant) · ta வேர் (part of a hair under the skin) · akl gamot (part of a plant) · es raíz (philology: word from which another word or words are derived) · cy gwreiddyn (philology: word from which another word or words are derived) · is rót (part of a plant) · ja(arithmetic: number or expression which when raised to a power gives the specified number or expression) · ba тамыр (of a tooth) · zh 树根 (part of a plant) · gd freumh (philology: word from which another word or words are derived) · ps جرړه (part of a plant) · qu saphi (part of a plant) · nl wortel (primary source) · ba тамыр (philology: word from which another word or words are derived) · ky тамыр (part of a plant) · mdf юр (part of a plant) · pt diretório raiz (computing: highest directory of a directory structure) · sv källa (primary source) · hu szógyök (philology: word from which another word or words are derived) · lt šaknis (linguistic morphology: primary lexical unit of a word) · fi juurisolmu (graph theory: node in a tree that has no parent) · br gwrizienn (part of a plant) · ru ко́рень (of a tooth) · sh kȍrijēn (part of a plant) · he שורש (philology: word from which another word or words are derived) · hu ősszó (philology: word from which another word or words are derived) · duu vng'reu (part of a plant) · fi juuri (linguistic morphology: primary lexical unit of a word) · it radice (part of a hair near the skin) · pt radical (linguistic morphology: primary lexical unit of a word) · ru ко́рень (philology: word from which another word or words are derived) · gd freumh (primary source) · kg mwanzi (part of a plant) · it radice (linguistic morphology: primary lexical unit of a word) · zza rêçiki (part of a plant) · ka ფუძე (linguistic morphology: primary lexical unit of a word) · fa ریشَه (part of a hair under the skin) · rhg cém (part of a plant) · ota كوك (primary source) · got 𐍅𐌰𐌿𐍂𐍄𐍃 (part of a plant) · de Stammverzeichnis (computing: highest directory of a directory structure) · ru рут (computing: user account at the root of the directory structure) · enm more (part of a plant) · lo ຮາກ (part of a plant) · id akar (computing: highest directory of a directory structure) · sh kȍrēn (arithmetic: number or expression which when raised to a power gives the specified number or expression) · hil gamot (part of a plant) · hu legfelső szintű felhasználó (person who manages accounts on a UNIX system) · ba тамыр (linguistic morphology: primary lexical unit of a word) · uz ildiz (part of a plant) · vi chân tóc (part of a hair under the skin) · isd xamut (part of a plant) · nl radix (linguistic morphology: primary lexical unit of a word) · id punca (computing: highest directory of a directory structure) · hu gyök (philology: word from which another word or words are derived) · bni ntina (part of a plant) · ru коре́нья (part of a plant) · bno gamot (part of a plant) · ko 말뿌리 (linguistic morphology: primary lexical unit of a word) · ro rădăcină (part of a plant) · fr origine (primary source) · ko 뿌리 (part of a plant) · nv akétłʼóól (part of a plant) · mn үндэс (part of a plant) · sh kȍrijēn (of a tooth) · mi pakiaka (part of a plant) · it radice (arithmetic: number or expression which when raised to a power gives the specified number or expression) · cv тымар (part of a plant) · khi-kun daŋ (part of a plant) · ar جَذْر (of a tooth) · bg ко́рен (linguistic morphology: primary lexical unit of a word) · sh ко̏ре̄н (part of a plant) · shi azɣwr (of a tooth) · hu szótő (linguistic morphology: primary lexical unit of a word) · nrf raichinne (part of a plant) · pl rdzeń (linguistic morphology: primary lexical unit of a word) · pl podstawa słowotwórcza (linguistic morphology: primary lexical unit of a word) · aer artekerre (part of a plant) · sv rot (arithmetic: number or expression which when raised to a power gives the specified number or expression) · fa ریشَه (arithmetic: number or expression which when raised to a power gives the specified number or expression) · am ሥር (part of a plant) · es raíz (linguistic morphology: primary lexical unit of a word) · arc ܫܪܫܐ (part of a plant) · hi जड़ (of a tooth) · rup zãrãtsinã (part of a plant) · af wortel (of a tooth) · pl korzeń (part of a plant) · zu umsuka (primary source) · ang wyrttruma (part of a plant) · nds Wortel (part of a plant) · xkl lakat (part of a plant) · kk түбір (linguistic morphology: primary lexical unit of a word) · ru ко́рень (primary source) · yi וואָרצל (philology: word from which another word or words are derived) · gd freumh (arithmetic: number or expression which when raised to a power gives the specified number or expression) · cdo(part of a plant) · min ure' (part of a plant) · lua muji (part of a plant) · nci nelhuatl (part of a plant) · pl źródło (primary source) · aln rraj (of a tooth) · es raíces (of a tooth) · bg ко́рен (of a tooth) · is rótaskrá (computing: highest directory of a directory structure) · zh гын (part of a plant) · ru ко́рни (linguistic morphology: primary lexical unit of a word) · sl koren (arithmetic: number or expression which when raised to a power gives the specified number or expression) · hu gyökér (of a tooth) · sw mzizi (part of a plant) · tr kök (primary source) · mnc ᡩᠠ (part of a plant) · tly rəğ (part of a plant) · sh ко̏ре̄н (arithmetic: number or expression which when raised to a power gives the specified number or expression) · ug يىلتىز (of a tooth) · de Grundwort (linguistic morphology: primary lexical unit of a word) · be ко́рань (part of a plant) · rm rieisch (part of a plant) · sc radichina (part of a plant) · sk koreň (primary source) · shn ႁၢၵ်ႈ (part of a plant) · hu gyökérszó (philology: word from which another word or words are derived) · my အမြစ် (part of a plant) · mww cag (part of a plant) · es raíces (primary source) · fr racine (part of a hair under the skin) · sq rrëzë (part of a hair near the skin) · se ruohtas (part of a plant) · lb Wuerzel (part of a plant) · sh ко̏ре̄н (primary source) · pt raiz (primary source) · he שורש (part of a plant) · sh kȍrēn (part of a hair under the skin) · nn rot (primary source) · fr radical (linguistic morphology: primary lexical unit of a word) · km ឫស (part of a plant) · da rod (arithmetic: number or expression which when raised to a power gives the specified number or expression) · sk koreň (graph theory: node in a tree that has no parent) · ro rădăcină (linguistic morphology: primary lexical unit of a word) · gez ሥርው (part of a plant) · hu gyökér (primary source) · ar شرش (part of a plant) · izh juuri (part of a plant) · rm risch (part of a plant) · eu erro (part of a plant) · cjm ꨀꨉꨩ (part of a plant) · oc raiç (of a tooth) · lv saknes (part of a plant) · kij uula (part of a plant) · ru ко́рни (arithmetic: number or expression which when raised to a power gives the specified number or expression) · yi וואָרצל (part of a plant) · ru ко́рни (primary source) · sv rot (of a tooth) · csb kòrzéń (part of a plant) · tl urat (part of a plant) · mrw bekaw (part of a plant) · fr mot souche (philology: word from which another word or words are derived) · fa ریشِه (primary source) · cs kořen (primary source) · hy արմատ (philology: word from which another word or words are derived) · sq rrënjë (part of a hair under the skin) · fr racine (analysis: zero of a function) · nn rot (of a tooth) · lbe бакӏ (part of a plant) · el ρίζα (part of a hair under the skin) · ksw အဂံၢ် (part of a plant) · tsg gamut (part of a plant) · fi kantasana (philology: word from which another word or words are derived) · de Quelle (primary source) · nah nelhuatl (part of a plant) · hu rendszergazda (person who manages accounts on a UNIX system) · fi juuri (analysis: zero of a function) · nmn ǃkʻqái (part of a plant) · nl wortel (analysis: zero of a function) · sh kȍrijēn (arithmetic: number or expression which when raised to a power gives the specified number or expression) · evn ңиңтэ (part of a plant) · cs kořen (part of a hair under the skin) · fr root (person who manages accounts on a UNIX system) · lu muji (part of a plant) · ja 語根 (linguistic morphology: primary lexical unit of a word) · bg корен (philology: word from which another word or words are derived) · cy isradd (arithmetic: number or expression which when raised to a power gives the specified number or expression) · id luar folder (computing: highest directory of a directory structure) · sq rrënjë (part of a plant) · fi lähde (primary source) · fi hampaanjuuri (of a tooth) · es raíz (part of a hair under the skin) · fr racine (linguistic morphology: primary lexical unit of a word) · hy արմատ (part of a hair under the skin) · kk түбір (part of a plant) · kn ಬೇರು (part of a plant) · te మూలము (primary source) · gd freumh (part of a hair under the skin) · ru ко́рни (of a tooth) · fi puunjuuri (part of a plant) · aa rimid (part of a plant) · it radice (primary source) · wuu(part of a plant) · aln rraj (part of a hair under the skin) · zu umsuka (of a tooth) · ka ფესვი (part of a plant) · mba gamot (part of a plant) · yue 語根 /语根 (linguistic morphology: primary lexical unit of a word) · egy wA-A-b-Hn (part of a plant) · gld дачан (part of a plant) · mi iomatua (computing: user account at the root of the directory structure) · de Wurzeln (of a tooth) · zh 語根 /语根 (linguistic morphology: primary lexical unit of a word) · rgn radìșa (part of a plant) · cy gwreiddyn (part of a hair under the skin) · ba тамыр (part of a hair under the skin) · sk koreň (part of a plant) · cjm ꨂꨉꨩ (part of a plant) · ttj omuhama class 3 (part of a plant) · ta ஆணிவேர் (primary source) · cu корень (part of a plant) · ms akar (part of a plant) · uga 𐎌𐎗𐎌 (part of a plant) · kk тамыр (part of a plant) · es raíz (primary source) · id akar (part of a plant) · mk корен (part of a plant) · fa پِیاز (part of a hair under the skin) · wa raecene (part of a plant) · zh 根源 (primary source) · sv nollställe (analysis: zero of a function) · xdq йя́мппа (part of a plant) · oc raiç (primary source) · grc ἴονθος (part of a hair under the skin) · pam amut (part of a plant) · cjy(part of a plant) · sh kȍrēn (primary source) · be ко́рань (linguistic morphology: primary lexical unit of a word) · fur lidrîs (part of a plant) · hy արմատ (part of a plant) · ro radical (linguistic morphology: primary lexical unit of a word) · zh 语根 (linguistic morphology: primary lexical unit of a word) · gan(part of a plant) · nl administrator (person who manages accounts on a UNIX system) · ro rădăcină dentală (of a tooth) · et juur (part of a plant) · ta வேர் (part of a plant) · ba тамыр (part of a plant) · tet abut (part of a plant) · uk ко́рінь (primary source) · mel akah (part of a plant) · hak(part of a plant) · id akar (of a tooth) · fi juuri (part of a hair near the skin) · fi juuri (philology: word from which another word or words are derived) · gl raigoto (of a tooth) · rm ragisch (part of a plant) · es raíz (analysis: zero of a function) · da rod (primary source) · pl pierwiastek (arithmetic: number or expression which when raised to a power gives the specified number or expression) · hu kiindulópont (primary source) · mi pūtake (arithmetic: number or expression which when raised to a power gives the specified number or expression) · ja 歯根 (of a tooth) · pms radis (part of a plant) · hsb korjeń (part of a plant) · bg основен тон (music: fundamental tone of any chord; the tone from whose harmonics, or overtones, a chord is composed) · sh ко̏рије̄н (part of a hair under the skin) · tkl aka (part of a plant) · ar جَذْر (part of a plant) · af wortel (analysis: zero of a function) · ple waka (part of a plant) · kzx waar (part of a plant) · fa ریشَه (of a tooth) · pt raiz (graph theory: node in a tree that has no parent) · sv rot (philology: word from which another word or words are derived) · kmr reg (part of a plant) · njo-jgl tera (part of a plant) · af wortel (arithmetic: number or expression which when raised to a power gives the specified number or expression) · sl koren (primary source) · bg ко́рен (part of a plant) · ba тамыр (primary source) · it radice (part of a plant) · he שורש (arithmetic: number or expression which when raised to a power gives the specified number or expression) · da rod (of a tooth) · ar جدر (part of a plant) · es raíz (part of a plant) · bg корен (computing: highest directory of a directory structure) · lnj ngkil (part of a plant) · hu alap (primary source) · sk koreň (linguistic morphology: primary lexical unit of a word) · sh kȍrijēn (primary source) · ii(part of a plant) · tl ugat (arithmetic: number or expression which when raised to a power gives the specified number or expression) · sh ко̏рије̄н (arithmetic: number or expression which when raised to a power gives the specified number or expression) · de Wurzel (arithmetic: number or expression which when raised to a power gives the specified number or expression) · de Quellen (primary source) · fi juurikansio (computing: highest directory of a directory structure) · cy gwreiddyn (linguistic morphology: primary lexical unit of a word) · fi juuri (graph theory: node in a tree that has no parent) · fr racine (of a tooth) · tt тамыр (part of a plant) · scn ràdica (part of a plant) · tg реша (part of a plant) · tr kök (linguistic morphology: primary lexical unit of a word) · udi тум (part of a plant) · hsn(part of a plant) · sk odmocnina (arithmetic: number or expression which when raised to a power gives the specified number or expression) · lij radiccia (part of a plant) · da rod (analysis: zero of a function) · kmc sangp (part of a plant) · lv sakne (linguistic morphology: primary lexical unit of a word) · vi gốc (linguistic morphology: primary lexical unit of a word) · cs root (person who manages accounts on a UNIX system) · ps جذر (part of a plant) · pl korzeń (graph theory: node in a tree that has no parent) · yai риша (part of a plant) · oc raiç (part of a plant) · eu zuztar (part of a plant) · sk korienok (part of a hair under the skin) · lv sakne (of a tooth) · kmr reh (part of a plant) · zne tara (part of a plant) · wao lúk'i (part of a plant) · nia wa'a (part of a plant)

root en · VERB · etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • (Australia) audio
  • (General-American) audio
  • (General-American) audio
  • /ɾʉt/ (Scotland)
  • /ɻʉt/ (Northern-Ireland)
  • /ɹut/ (General-American)
  • /ɹuːt/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /ɹʉwt/ (British, Southern, Standard)
  • (Midwestern-US) audio
  • /ɹʊt/ (Midwestern-US)
  • /ɹʉːt/ (Australia, New-Zealand)
  • ro͝ot
  • ro͞ot

Etymology

PIE word *wréh₂ds From Middle English rote, root, roote (“the underground part of a plant”), from late Old English rōt, from Old Norse rót (“root”), from Proto-Germanic *wrōts (“root”), from Proto-Indo-European *wréh₂ds (“root”); Doublet of wort, radish, and radix. Cognate with Scots ruit, rute (“root”), Danish rod (“root”), Faroese and Icelandic rót (“root”), Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish rot (“root”).

Meanings

  1. To grow roots; to enter the earth, as roots; to take root and begin to grow.
    • In deep grounds the weeds root the deeper. 1707, J[ohn] Mortimer, The Whole Art of Husbandry; or, The Way of Managing and Improving of Land. […], London: […] J[ohn] H[umphreys] for H[enry] Mortlock […], and J[onathan] Robinson […], →OCLC:
    • Some old, underfired clay pantiles might be damaged by button mosses rooting in cracks and fissures. But most post-war tiles are hard enough to withstand a bit of moss growth. 2014 October 26, Jeff Howell, “Is the Japanese knotweed threat exaggerated? Our troubleshooter calls for calm about Japanese knotweed in the garden – and moss on the roof”, in The Daily Telegraph (Property), archived from the original on 21 Jan 2015, [print version: Don't panic about an overhyped invasion, 25 October 2014, p. P13]:
    • The cuttings are starting to root.
  2. To prepare, oversee, or otherwise cause the rooting of cuttings.
    • We rooted some cuttings last summer.
  3. To fix firmly; to establish.
    • Small theater companies come and go very quickly — many times after one show — but community response to Triangle has been strong, and there is a good chance that they will make it through those early growing stages and firmly root. 1981 April 18, Michael Bronski, “Good Production — Bad Play”, in Gay Community News, page 10:
    • If any irregularity chanced to intervene and to cause misapprehensions, he gave them not leave to root and fasten by concealment. 1823, Gilbert Burnet, The Life of Sir Matthew Hale, Knt., Sometime Lord Chief Justice of His Majesty's Court of King's-Bench:
    • Massacres that take place during war often seem to be rooted in irrational emotion. 2020 October 15, Frank Pasquale, “‘Machines set loose to slaughter’: the dangerous rise of military AI”, in The Guardian:
  4. (slang, transitive) To get root or privileged access on (a computer system or mobile phone), often through bypassing some security mechanism.
    • I want to root my Android phone so I can remove the preinstalled crapware.
    • We rooted his box and planted a virus on it.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
rooting Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
roots Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
rooted Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
rooted Tense=Past lexicographic

Synonyms

jailbreak

Translations (35)

ug يىلتىزلىماق (to grow roots) · ta வேர் விடு (to grow roots) · sk zakoreniť sa (to grow roots) · ug يىلتىزلاتماق (to cause to grow roots) · pt radicar (to grow roots) · es radicar (to grow roots) · fi juurruttaa (to cause to grow roots) · id berakar (to cause to grow roots) · fi saada juurikäyttäjän oikeudet (get root access) · es raigar (to grow roots) · pt enraizar (to grow roots) · tr kök salmak (to grow roots) · id membuka root (get root access) · sk zapustiť korene (to grow roots) · tr köklenmek (to grow roots) · es arraigar (to grow roots) · es enraizar (to grow roots) · grc ῥιζόω (to cause to grow roots) · ug يىلتىز تارتماق (to grow roots) · fi rootata (get root access) · tr köklendirmek (to cause to grow roots) · grc ῥιζόομαι (to grow roots) · bg руутна (get root access) · id mengoprek izin (get root access) · de rooten (get root access) · bg руутвам (get root access) · fi juurtua (to grow roots) · fi ruutata (get root access) · id tumbuh akar (to grow roots) · bg пускам корени (to grow roots) · ro resofta (get root access) · es rootear (get root access) · pt rootear (get root access) · hu rootol (get root access) · pt arraigar (to grow roots)

root en · NOUN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • (Australia) audio
  • (General-American) audio
  • (General-American) audio
  • /ɾʉt/ (Scotland)
  • /ɻʉt/ (Northern-Ireland)
  • /ɹut/ (General-American)
  • /ɹuːt/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /ɹʉwt/ (British, Southern, Standard)
  • (Midwestern-US) audio
  • /ɹʊt/ (Midwestern-US)
  • /ɹʉːt/ (Australia, New-Zealand)
  • ro͝ot
  • ro͞ot

Etymology

From Middle English wrōten (“to dig with the snout”), from Old English wrōtan, from Proto-West Germanic *wrōtan, from Proto-Germanic *wrōtaną (“to dig out, to root”). Related to Old English wrōt (“snout; trunk”). Loss of initial w- probably due to influence from the related noun (Etymology 1).

Meanings

  1. An act of rummaging or searching.
    • It'll come to me eventually, but I think I'll go over to Bristol tomorrow afternoon and have a root through the medical school library. 2011 August 1, Bernard Knight, According to the Evidence, Severn House Publishers Ltd, →ISBN:
    • It was always sensible to get off the busy streets if you were going to have a root inside your girlfriend's bra. 2002, Tom Reilly, Hollow Be Thy Name, Trafford Publishing, →ISBN:
    • It was not likely a tapestry over two hundred feet long and twenty inches wide was in the dustbin, but Pavel took a root through Laurent's dustbin anyway, just because it was there. 2016 January 20, Joan Smith, The Virgin and the Unicorn, Belgrave House, →ISBN:
  2. (Australia, New-Zealand, slang, vulgar) An act of sexual intercourse.
    • Ken was in the good mood he'd been in for weeks. Nothing like a regular root to turn him into the jolly green giant. 2018, Melissa Lucashenko, Too Much Lip, University of Queensland Press, published 2023, page 113:
    • Fancy a root?
  3. (Australia, New-Zealand, slang, vulgar) A sexual partner.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
roots Number=Plur lexicographic
wroot alternative, obsolete lexicographic
rout alternative, dialectal lexicographic
wrout alternative, dialectal lexicographic

Synonyms

sexy time · jig-jig · love · seeing-to · relations · horizontal dancing · fucky-fucky · poon · mating · rumpy-pumpy · sex · root · sexual relation · old hat · joining · coupling · sexual union · screwing · screw · funny business · horizontal slam dance · barney-mugging · intercourse · union · hot beef injection · playing around · pareunia · meat injection · poontang · hump · congress · pussy · lay · swiving · Ugandan affairs · screw · snu snu · copulation · legover · bonking · the beast with two backs · plow · aphrodisia · beef injection · monkey business · fucking · sexual intercourse · shag · intromission · plough · skin · jiggy-jiggy · the birds and the bees · intimate relations · bang · nookie · chesterfield rugby · screw · Netflix and chill · horizontal mambo · carnal knowledge · trim · how's your father · rumpo · frig · pipe · connection · penetration · fooling around · commerce · cuntfuck · hanky-panky · fooling about · tang · coitus · physical love · conversation · horizontal jogging · lovemaking · humpa humpa · horizontal hula · boom-boom · conjunction · jiggery-pokery · intimacy · consummation · action · punani · making whoopee · coition · horizontal refreshments · ass · roll in the hay · mounting · shag · ride · Ugandan discussions · commixtion · sexy times · sexual congress · lustmaking

Translations (5)

bg ебане (coarse slang: act of sexual intercourse) · fi pano (coarse slang: sexual partner) · it trombata (coarse slang: act of sexual intercourse) · nl neukpartij (coarse slang: act of sexual intercourse) · fi pano (coarse slang: act of sexual intercourse)

root en · VERB · etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • (Australia) audio
  • (General-American) audio
  • (General-American) audio
  • /ɾʉt/ (Scotland)
  • /ɻʉt/ (Northern-Ireland)
  • /ɹut/ (General-American)
  • /ɹuːt/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /ɹʉwt/ (British, Southern, Standard)
  • (Midwestern-US) audio
  • /ɹʊt/ (Midwestern-US)
  • /ɹʉːt/ (Australia, New-Zealand)
  • ro͝ot
  • ro͞ot

Etymology

From Middle English wrōten (“to dig with the snout”), from Old English wrōtan, from Proto-West Germanic *wrōtan, from Proto-Germanic *wrōtaną (“to dig out, to root”). Related to Old English wrōt (“snout; trunk”). Loss of initial w- probably due to influence from the related noun (Etymology 1).

Meanings

  1. (ambitransitive) To turn up or dig with the snout.
    • A pig roots the earth for truffles.
    • Such tunges ſhuld be torne out by the harde rootes, c. 1515–1516, published 1568, John Skelton, Againſt venemous tongues enpoyſoned with ſclaunder and falſe detractions &c.
  2. (broadly) To seek favour or advancement by low arts or grovelling servility; to fawn.
    • Thou elvish-marked, abortive, rooting hog! c. 1593 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedy of Richard the Third: […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene iii]:
  3. (intransitive) To rummage; to search as if by digging in soil.
    • rooting about in a junk-filled drawer
  4. (intransitive) Of a baby: to turn the head and open the mouth in search of food.
    • When your baby is rooting, his head will turn to the side and he will open and close his mouth. If you put your finger in your baby's hand, she has a grasping reflex that makes her curl her fingers around yours and hold on. 2016, Rachel Waddilove, The Baby Book: How to enjoy year one: revised and updated, page 179:
  5. (transitive) To root out; to abolish.
    • I will go root away the noisome weeds. 1595 December 9 (first known performance), William Shakespeare, “The Life and Death of King Richard the Second”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene iv]:
    • The Lord rooted them out of their land [...] and cast them into another land. 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Deuteronomy 29:28:
  6. (of a horse) To tug or pull at the reins aggressively by driving the head downwards while wearing a bit.
  7. (Australia, Ireland, New-Zealand, slang, vulgar) To sexually penetrate.

Forms

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wrout alternative, dialectal lexicographic
rout alternative, dialectal lexicographic
wroot alternative, obsolete lexicographic
rooted Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
rooted Tense=Past lexicographic
roots Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
rooting Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic

Deriveds

rooted · underroot · root out · root up · rootle · rooter · root for · root about

Synonyms

rock · tap · Any of Thesaurus:copulate + "with" · service · frick · enjoy · screw · drill · knob · screw · mount · plough · boff · go with · knock off · slip it to · ream · root out · shelve · frak · prig · nail · go in unto · slay · have · dick · ravage · shag · coitize · jape · Formal terms · stallionize · have one's way with · schlong · give someone the time · root · eff · lie by · fuck · make · rummage · Informal and slang terms · hit · beep · pound · seduce · bonk · frig · get over on · dig out · get into someone's pants · take · pork · wap · shaft · penetrate · doink · sleep with · roger · love up · bauf · sard · bone · dight · pump · frack · rut · boom-boom · knock · boink · lay · see to · lie with · jump · occupy · swive · season · run through · ball · bang · poke · bed · have one's wicked way with · feague · shag · hump · coit · drill · smash · fill · bang · expletive deleted · know · jump someone's bones · be with · tup · plug · know someone in the biblical sense · get up in · diddle · give someone one · dig out · love · go to bed with · smush · do

Translations (62)

mi ketuketu (to turn up or dig with the snout - as pigs) · fi tonkia (to turn up or dig with the snout - as pigs) · bg угоднича (to seek favour or advancement by servility) · bg сервилнича (to seek favour or advancement by servility) · fi repiä juurineen (to root out) · pt extirpar (to root out) · es hurgar (to rummage, root out) · fi juuria (to root out) · pt erradicar (to root out) · fi köyriä (coarse slang: to have sexual intercourse) · it scopare (coarse slang: to have sexual intercourse) · mi ketuketu (to rummage, root out) · sv böka (to turn up or dig with the snout - as pigs) · ta வேர் பிடுங்கு (to root out) · nl poepen (coarse slang: to have sexual intercourse) · nl wippen (coarse slang: to have sexual intercourse) · nl graven (to rummage, root out) · mi ketu (to rummage, root out) · nl wroeten (to turn up or dig with the snout - as pigs) · sv böka (to rummage, root out) · pl ryć (to turn up or dig with the snout - as pigs) · ta தோண்டு (to rummage, root out) · fr emmancher (coarse slang: to have sexual intercourse) · fi nöyristellä (to seek favour or advancement by servility) · da rode (to turn up or dig with the snout - as pigs) · bg ровя (to rummage, root out) · es rebuscar (to rummage, root out) · fr fourrer (coarse slang: to have sexual intercourse) · bg раболепнича (to seek favour or advancement by servility) · bg подлизурствувам (to seek favour or advancement by servility) · ta குடை (to turn up or dig with the snout - as pigs) · mi kūtoro (to turn up or dig with the snout - as pigs) · bg еба (coarse slang: to have sexual intercourse) · bg ровичкам (to rummage, root out) · fi tonkia (to rummage, root out) · ta வேர் அறு (to root out) · it trombare (coarse slang: to have sexual intercourse) · bg присламчвам се (to seek favour or advancement by servility) · bg ровя (to turn up or dig with the snout - as pigs) · nl wroeten (to rummage, root out) · yue 搶口 /抢口 (of a horse: to tug or pull at the reins aggressively by driving the head downwards) · gl escaravellar (to rummage, root out) · no rote (to turn up or dig with the snout - as pigs) · mi kūtoro (to rummage, root out) · bg умилквам се (to seek favour or advancement by servility) · ta தோண்டு (to turn up or dig with the snout - as pigs) · bg изкоренявам (to root out) · nl neuken (coarse slang: to have sexual intercourse) · pl przekopywać się (to rummage, root out) · es hozar (to turn up or dig with the snout - as pigs) · sv rota (to rummage, root out) · sk vykoreniť (to root out) · gl escavichar (to rummage, root out) · sk hrabať (to rummage, root out) · mi ketu (to turn up or dig with the snout - as pigs) · gl fozar (to turn up or dig with the snout - as pigs) · ca furgar (coarse slang: to have sexual intercourse) · hu túr (to turn up or dig with the snout - as pigs) · de wühlen (to turn up or dig with the snout - as pigs) · it fottere (coarse slang: to have sexual intercourse) · nl rommelen (to rummage, root out) · pt revolver (to rummage, root out)

root en · VERB · etymology 3

Pronunciation

  • (Australia) audio
  • (General-American) audio
  • (General-American) audio
  • /ɾʉt/ (Scotland)
  • /ɻʉt/ (Northern-Ireland)
  • /ɹut/ (General-American)
  • /ɹuːt/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /ɹʉwt/ (British, Southern, Standard)
  • (Midwestern-US) audio
  • /ɹʊt/ (Midwestern-US)
  • /ɹʉːt/ (Australia, New-Zealand)
  • ro͝ot
  • ro͞ot

Etymology

Possibly an alteration of rout (“to make a loud noise”), influenced by hoot.

Meanings

  1. (US, intransitive, with “for” or “on”) To cheer (on); to show support (for) and hope for the success of. (See root for.)
    • Let me root, root, root for the home team, 1908, Jack Norworth, Take Me Out to the Ball Game:
    • I'm rooting for you, don't let me down!

Forms

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roots Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
rooting Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
rooted Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
rooted Tense=Past lexicographic

Synonyms

cheer on · barrack

Translations (13)

hu szurkol (cheer) · ta எதிர்பார் (cheer) · sk držať palce (cheer) · pt torcer (cheer) · nl aanvuren (cheer) · hu drukkol (cheer) · nl supporteren (cheer) · ru болеть (cheer) · bg насърчавам (cheer) · fi kannustaa (cheer) · ru топи́ть (cheer) · th เอาใจช่วย (cheer) · nl juichen (cheer)