root

/ɹuːt/ · noun

Meaning

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.
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.
An act of sexual intercourse.
A sexual partner.
To turn up or dig with the snout.
(by extension) To seek favour or advancement by low arts or grovelling servility; to fawn.
To rummage; to search as if by digging in soil.
To root out; to abolish.
To have sexual intercourse.
(with "for" or "on") To cheer (on); to show support (for) and hope for the success of. (See root for.)

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