root
noun
/ɹuːt/
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/ɹʉt/
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/ɹʊt/
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- 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.
- 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.
- (arithmetic) Of a number or expression, a number which, when raised to a specified power, yields the specified number or expression.
- (analysis) A zero (of an equation).
- (graph theory, computing) The single node of a tree that has no parent.
- (computing) The highest directory of a directory structure which may contain both files and subdirectories.
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racine
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- (linguistic morphology) 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.
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racine,
radical
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- (philology) A word from which another word or words are derived.
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racine,
mot souche
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- (figurative) The primary source; origin.
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racine,
origine
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- (computing) 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.
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root
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root
verb
/ɹuːt/
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/ɹʉt/
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/ɹʊt/
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- (Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, vulgar, slang) To sexually penetrate.
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emmancher,
fourrer
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rooting
noun
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- The process of forming roots or taking roots.
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enracinement,
radication
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rooted
adjective
/ɹʊtɪd/
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/ˈɹuːtɪd/
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- (Australia, New Zealand, slang) Broken, damaged, non-functional.
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brisé
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