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Results for: "root"

Translating from English to Russian

Translations:

root — part of a plant
→ ко́рень (kórenʹ) m
root — of a tooth
→ ко́рень (kórenʹ) m
→ ко́рни (kórni) m/pl
root — root of a number (maths)
→ ко́рень (kórenʹ) m
→ ко́рни (kórni) m/pl

More translations:

root
→ корень
root
→ причина
root
→ корни
root
→ укореняться;сажать
root
→ рыть
root
→ рыться

Additional Definitions (WordNet):


NOUN (8)

1. (botany) 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;
- Example: "the Italian beginning of the Renaissance"
- Example: "Jupiter was the origin of the radiation"
- Example: "Pittsburgh is the source of the Ohio River"
- Example: "communism's Russian root"
[syn: beginning, origin, root, rootage, source]

3. (linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed;
- Example: "thematic vowels are part of the stem"
[syn: root, 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, root]

6. someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent);
[syn: ancestor, ascendant, ascendent, antecedent, root]

7. a simple form inferred as the common basis from which related words in several languages can be derived by linguistic processes;
[syn: etymon, root]

8. the part of a tooth that is embedded in the jaw and serves as support;
[syn: root, tooth root]


VERB (6)

1. take root and begin to grow;
- Example: "this plant roots quickly"

2. come into existence, originate;
- Example: "The problem roots in her depression"

3. plant by the roots;

4. dig with the snout;
- Example: "the pig was rooting for truffles"
[syn: rout, root, rootle]

5. become settled or established and stable in one's residence or life style;
- Example: "He finally settled down"
[syn: settle, root, take root, steady down, settle down]

6. cause to take roots;