Sekirov Dictionary

root

/ɹuːt/

noun22

  1. the part of a plant that is under the ground, holds it in place and takes in water and food
  2. (figurative) The primary source; origin.
  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 section of a wing immediately adjacent to the fuselage.
  6. The part of a hair near the skin that has not been dyed, permed, or otherwise treated.
  7. Of a number or expression, a number which, when raised to a specified power, yields the specified number or expression.
  8. A square root (understood if no power is specified; in which case, “the root of” is often abbreviated to “root”).
  9. 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.
  10. A word from which another word or words are derived.
  11. The single node of a tree that has no parent.
  12. The highest directory of a directory structure which may contain both files and subdirectories.
  13. 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.
  14. A root vegetable.
  15. (slang, vulgar) An act of sexual intercourse.
  16. An act of rummaging or searching.
  17. The bottom of the thread of a threaded object.
  18. The lowest place, position, or part.
  19. The fundamental tone of any chord; the tone from whose harmonics, or overtones, a chord is composed.
  20. A zero (of an equation).
  21. (slang) A penis, especially the base of a penis.
  22. (slang, vulgar) A sexual partner.

verb12

  1. To cheer (on); to show support (for) and hope for the success of. (See root for.)
  2. To grow roots; to enter the earth, as roots; to take root and begin to grow.
  3. To prepare, oversee, or otherwise cause the rooting of cuttings.
  4. To fix firmly; to establish.
  5. To turn up or dig with the snout.
  6. To rummage; to search as if by digging in soil.
  7. To get root or privileged access on (a computer system or mobile phone), often through bypassing some security mechanism.
  8. To root out; to abolish.
  9. Of a baby: to turn the head and open the mouth in search of food.
  10. (slang, vulgar) To sexually penetrate.
  11. To seek favour or advancement by low arts or grovelling servility; to fawn.
  12. To tug or pull at the reins aggressively by driving the head downwards while wearing a bit.
forms

rooted · rooting · rooteth · roots · rootest

Phrases with root

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