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10 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Root \Root\, v. i. [AS. wr[=o]tan; akin to wr[=o]t a snout, trunk, D. wroeten to root, G. r["u]ssel snout, trunk, proboscis, Icel. r[=o]ta to root, and perhaps to L. rodere to gnaw (E. rodent) or to E. root, n.] 1. To turn up the earth with the snout, as swine. 2. Hence to seek for favor or advancement by low arts or groveling servility; to fawn servilely. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Root \Root\, v. t. To turn up or to dig out with the snout; as the swine roots the earth. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Root \Root\, n. [Icel. r[=o]t (for vr[=o]t); akin to E. wort, and perhaps to root to turn up the earth. See {Wort}.] 1. (Bot.) a The underground portion of a plant, whether a true root or a tuber, a bulb or rootstock, as in the potato, the onion, or the sweet flag. b The descending, and commonly branching, axis of a plant, increasing in length by growth at its extremity only, not divided into joints, leafless and without buds, and having for its offices to fix the plant in the earth, to supply it with moisture and soluble matters, and sometimes to serve as a reservoir of nutriment for future growth. A true root, however, may never reach the ground, but may be attached to a wall, etc., as in the ivy, or may hang loosely in the air, as in some epiphytic orchids. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Root \Root\ (r[=oo]t), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Rooted}; p. pr & vb n. {Rooting}.] 1. To fix the root; to enter the earth, as roots; to take root and begin to grow. In deep grounds the weeds root deeper. --Mortimer. 2. To be firmly fixed; to be established. If any irregularity chanced to intervene and to cause misappehensions he gave them not leave to root and fasten by concealment. --Bp. Fell. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Root \Root\, v. t. 1. To plant and fix deeply in the earth, or as in the earth; to implant firmly; hence to make deep or radical; to establish; -- used chiefly in the participle; as rooted trees or forests; rooted dislike. 2. To tear up by the root; to eradicate; to extirpate; -- with up out or away ``I will go root away the noisome weeds.'' --Shak. The Lord rooted them out of their land . . . and cast them into another land. --Deut. xxix. 28. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Root \Root\, v. i. [Cf. {Rout} to roar.] To shout for or otherwise noisly applaud or encourage, a contestant, as in sports; hence to wish earnestly for the success of some one or the happening of some event, with the superstitious notion that this action may have efficacy; -- usually with for as the crowd rooted for the home team. [Slang or Cant, U. S.] From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: {To take place}, {root}, {sides}, {stock}, etc See under {Place}, {Root}, {Side}, etc {To take the air}. a (Falconry) To seek to escape by trying to rise higher than the falcon; -- said of a bird. b See under {Air}. {To take the field}. (Mil.) See under {Field}. {To take thought}, to be concerned or anxious; to be solicitous. --Matt. vi 25, 27. {To take to heart}. See under {Heart}. {To take to task}, to reprove; to censure. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: root adj : arising from or going to the root; "a radical flaw in the plan" [syn: {radical}] n 1: the usually underground organ that lacks buds or leaves or nodes; absorbs water and mineral salts; usually it anchors the plant to the ground 2: 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" [syn: {beginning}, {origin}, {source}] 3: (linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed; "thematic vowels are part of the stem" [syn: {root word}, {base}, {stem}, {theme}, {radical}] 4: a number that when multiplied by itself some number of times equals a given number 5: the set of values that give a true statement when substituted into an equation [syn: {solution}] 6: the part of a tooth that is embedded in the jaw and serves as support [syn: {tooth root}] v 1: take root; begin to grow; of plants 2: dig with the snout; "the pig was rooting for truffles" [syn: {rout}, {rootle}] 3: take sides with align oneself with sympathize with [syn: {side}] From Jargon File (4.2.3, 23 NOV 2000) [jargon]: root n. [Unix] 1. The {superuser} account (with user name `root') that ignores permission bits, user number 0 on a Unix system. The term {avatar} is also used 2. The top node of the system directory structure; historically the home directory of the root user, but probably named after the root of an (inverted) tree. 3. By extension, the privileged system-maintenance login on any OS See {root mode}, {go root}, see also {wheel}. From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (13 Mar 01) [foldoc]: root 1.The {Unix} {superuser} account (with user name root" and user ID 0) that overrides file permissions. The term {avatar} is also used By extension, the privileged system-maintenance login on any {operating system}. See {root mode}, {go root}, {wheel}. [{Jargon File}] (1994-10-27) 2. {root directory}. (1996-11-21) 3. {root node}. (1998-11-14)
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