root
noun
[ ruːt ]
• the part of a plant which attaches it to the ground or to a support, typically underground, conveying water and nourishment to the rest of the plant via numerous branches and fibres.
• "cacti have deep and spreading roots"
• the basic cause, source, or origin of something.
• "money is the root of all evil"
Similar:
source,
origin,
starting point,
seed,
germ,
beginnings,
genesis,
cause,
reason,
base,
basis,
foundation,
bottom,
seat,
fundamental,
core,
nucleus,
heart,
kernel,
nub,
essence,
fons et origo,
fountainhead,
wellspring,
fount,
radix,
• a number or quantity that when multiplied by itself, typically a specified number of times, gives a specified number or quantity.
• a user account with full and unrestricted access to a system.
• "make sure that these files can only be accessed by the root user"
• an act or instance of having sex.
root
verb
• cause (a plant or cutting) to grow roots.
• "root your own cuttings from stock plants"
• establish deeply and firmly.
• "vegetarianism is rooted in Indian culture"
• cause (someone) to stand immobile through fear or amazement.
• "George was rooted to the spot in disbelief"
Similar:
unable to move from,
frozen to,
riveted to,
paralysed to,
glued to,
fixed to,
stock-still,
as still as a statue,
as if turned to stone,
motionless,
unmoving,
• gain access to the root account of (a smartphone or computer).
• "we explained how to manually root almost any Android device"
• have sex with.
Origin:
late Old English rōt, from Old Norse rót ; related to Latin radix, also to wort.
root
verb
• (of an animal) turn up the ground with its snout in search of food.
• "stray dogs rooting around for bones and scraps"
root
noun
• an act of rooting.
• "I had a root through the open drawers"
Origin:
Old English wrōtan, of Germanic origin; related to Old English wrōt ‘snout’, German Rüssel ‘snout’, and perhaps ultimately to Latin rodere ‘gnaw’.
