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Results for: "root"

Translating from English to Welsh

Translations:

root — part of a plant
→ gwraidd m
root — of a tooth
→ gwraidd m
→ gwreiddyn dant m
root — root of a number (maths)
→ isradd f

English 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

    • “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”
  3. (linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed

    • “thematic vowels are part of the stem”
    Synonymsroot wordbasestemthemeradical
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  1. a number that, when multiplied by itself some number of times, equals a given number

  2. the set of values that give a true statement when substituted into an equation

    Synonymssolution
  3. someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent)

  4. a simple form inferred as the common basis from which related words in several languages can be derived by linguistic processes

    Synonymsetymon
  5. the part of a tooth that is embedded in the jaw and serves as support

    Synonymstooth root

VERB 6

  1. take root and begin to grow

    • “this plant roots quickly”
  2. come into existence, originate

    • “The problem roots in her depression”
  3. plant by the roots

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  1. dig with the snout

    • “the pig was rooting for truffles”
    Synonymsroutrootle
  2. become settled or established and stable in one's residence or life style

    • “He finally settled down”
    Synonymssettletake rootsteady downsettle down
  3. cause to take roots