• the part of a tooth that is embedded in the jaw and serves as support
• (linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed; "thematic vowels are part of the stem"
• a simple form inferred as the common basis from which related words in several languages can be derived by linguistic processes
• the set of values that give a true statement when substituted into an equation
• the place where something begins, where it springs into being; "the Italian beginning of the Renaissance"; "Jupiter was the origin of the radiation"; "Pittsburgh is the source of the Ohio River"; "communism''s Russian Root"
• someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent)
• (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
• a number that when multiplied by itself some number of times equals a given number
• take Root and begin to grow; "this plant Roots quickly"
• cause to take Roots
• become settled or established and stable in one''s residence or life style; "He finally settled down"
• take sides with; align oneself with; show strong sympathy for; "We all Rooted for the home team"; "I''m pulling for the underdog"; "Are you siding with the defender of the title?"
• dig with the snout; "the pig was Rooting for truffles"
• plant by the Roots
• come into existence, originate; "The problem Roots in her depression"

'Root' in other languages