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root:
- root; be rooted; take root; drudge; churn; turn about; burrow; rout; grasp; caught; snatch; seize; grip; catch; snatch away; drag; clutch; yearn; reach; slog away; toil and moil; rummage about; clasp; pilfer; snout; slave away; stick; scratch; settle; settle down; steady down; rootle
- root; grub
- root; tooth root; base; stem; theme; radical; root word; etymon; solution; source; origin; beginning; rootage; ancestor; antecedent; ascendent; ascendant
English
Detailed Synonyms for root in English
root:
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to root
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to root
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to root
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to root
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to root
– take root and begin to grow 1 -
to root
– cause to take roots 1 -
to root
– become settled or established and stable in one's residence or life style 1to settle; to root; to settle down; to take root; steady down– become settled or established and stable in one's residence or life style 1-
steady down verb
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to root
– dig with the snout 1 -
to root
– plant by the roots 1 -
to root
– come into existence, originate 1
Conjugations for root:
present
- root
- root
- roots
- root
- root
- root
simple past
- rooted
- rooted
- rooted
- rooted
- rooted
- rooted
present perfect
- have rooted
- have rooted
- has rooted
- have rooted
- have rooted
- have rooted
past continuous
- was rooting
- were rooting
- was rooting
- were rooting
- were rooting
- were rooting
future
- shall root
- will root
- will root
- shall root
- will root
- will root
continuous present
- am rooting
- are rooting
- is rooting
- are rooting
- are rooting
- are rooting
subjunctive
- be rooted
- be rooted
- be rooted
- be rooted
- be rooted
- be rooted
diverse
- root!
- let's root!
- rooted
- rooting
1. I, 2. you, 3. he/she/it, 4. we, 5. you, 6. they
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the root
– the part of a tooth that is embedded in the jaw and serves as support 1 -
the root
– (linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed 1 -
the root
– a simple form inferred as the common basis from which related words in several languages can be derived by linguistic processes 1 -
the root
– the set of values that give a true statement when substituted into an equation 1 -
the root
– the place where something begins, where it springs into being 1 -
the root
– someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent) 1the root; the ancestor; the antecedent; the ascendent; the ascendant– someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent) 1 -
the root
– (botany) the usually underground organ that lacks buds or leaves or nodes; absorbs water and mineral salts; usually it anchors the plant to the ground 1 -
the root
– a number that, when multiplied by itself some number of times, equals a given number 1 -
the root
– The highest or uppermost level in a hierarchically organized set of information. The root is the point from which further subsets are branched in a logical sequence that moves from a broad or general focus to narrower perspectives. 2