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root noun

  /ɹuːt/ , /ɹʉt/ , /ɹʊt/
  • 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.
  • (arithmetic) Of a number or expression, a number which, when raised to a specified power, yields the specified number or expression.
  • (graph theory, computing) The single node of a tree that has no parent.
  • (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.
 rot
  • The part of a tooth extending into the bone holding the tooth in place.
 rot, tandrot
  • (analysis) A zero (of an equation).
 rot, nollställe
  • (philology) A word from which another word or words are derived.
 rot, ordrot
  • The part of a hair under the skin that holds the hair in place.
 hårrot, rot
  • (figurative) The primary source; origin.
 källa, rot

root verb

  /ɹuːt/ , /ɹʉt/ , /ɹʊt/
  • (intransitive, with "for" or "on", US) To cheer (on); to show support (for) and hope for the success of. (See root for.) [late 19th century]
 heja

root verb

  /ɹuːt/ , /ɹʉt/ , /ɹʊt/
  • (ambitransitive) To turn up or dig with the snout.
 böka
  • (transitive) To root out; to abolish.
 böka, rota

rooted adjective

  /ɹʊtɪd/ , /ˈɹuːtɪd/
rotad

roots noun

  /ɹuːts/ , /ɹʊts/
rötter
square root
kvadratrot
cube root
kubikrot
root vegetable
rotfrukt, rotsak
root cellar
jordkällare
root for
heja på, hålla på
root and branch
genomgripande, grundlig, radikal
liquorice root
lakritsrot
simple root
enkelrot
multiple root
multipelrot
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