noun
- 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.
- A root vegetable.
- The part of a tooth extending into the bone holding the tooth in place.
- The part of a hair under the skin that holds the hair in place.
- The part of a hair near the skin that has not been dyed, permed, or otherwise treated.
- The primary source; origin.
- Of a number or expression, a number which, when raised to a specified power, yields the specified number or expression.
- A square root (understood if no power is specified; in which case, “the root of” is often abbreviated to “root”).
- A zero (of an equation).
- The single node of a tree that has no parent.
- 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.
- (philology) A word from which another word or words are derived.
- The fundamental tone of any chord; the tone from whose harmonics, or overtones, a chord is composed.
- The lowest place, position, or part.
- 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.
- The highest directory of a directory structure which may contain both files and subdirectories.
- A penis, especially the base of a penis.
Synonyms: basis, origin, source, etymon, root account, root user, superuser, zero
verb
- To grow roots; to enter the earth, as roots; to take root and begin to grow.
- To prepare, oversee, or otherwise cause the rooting of cuttings
- To be firmly fixed; to be established.
- To get root or priviledged access on a computer system or mobile phone, often through bypassing some security mechanism.
Synonyms: jailbreak
Pronunciation
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