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oot° n. 1 base, basis, foundation, source, seat, cause,
fountain-head, origin, fount, well-spring: Love of money is the
root of all evil. 2 rootstock, rootstalk, tap root, rootlet;
tuber; Technical radix, radicle, radicel, rhizome, rhizomorph:
When transplanting seedlings, special care should be taken not
to damage the roots. 3 root and branch. radically, completely,
utterly, entirely, wholly, totally: The Romans sought to
destroy Carthage root and branch. 4 roots. origins, heritage,
family, lineage, house, antecedents, forefathers, foremothers,
descent, genealogy, family tree, forebears, ancestors,
predecessors, stock, pedigree; birthplace, motherland,
fatherland, native land or country or soil, cradle: Carlotta
spent years tracing her roots to ancient Rome. The roots of
civilization first appeared in Mesopotamia. 5 take root. become
set or established or settled, germinate, sprout, grow, develop,
thrive, burgeon, flourish, spread: Good work habits should take
root at an early age; then they will last a lifetime.
--v. 6 plant, set, establish, found, fix, settle, embed or
imbed; entrench, anchor: The cuttings failed to grow because
they were not properly rooted. Hilary's fear of heights is
rooted in a childhood fall from a tree. 7 root out. a
Sometimes, root up. uproot, eradicate, eliminate, destroy,
extirpate, exterminate: Any subversives in the organization
must be rooted out. b find, uncover, discover, dig up or out,
unearth, turn up, bring to light: The survey of accounts is
aimed at rooting out customers who are slow in paying.
rootý v. rootle, forage, dig, pry, nose, poke, ferret, burrow,
rummage, delve, search, ransack: Harvey has been rooting about
in the garage looking for his tennis racket.
root° v. Usually, root for. cheer (for), applaud (for); boost,
support, encourage, urge on: I'm rooting for our side to win.
rooted adj. firm, established, set, fixed, fast, settled, deep-rooted,
deep-seated, entrenched, ingrained or engrained, (firmly)
embedded or imbedded, implanted, instilled; chronic, inbred,
inherent, intrinsic, essential, fundamental, basic, radical:
Have you any rooted objections to the principle of living with
someone of the opposite sex without being married?