I.
noun
1 of a plant
ADJECTIVE
▪ deep , shallow
▪ gnarled
▪ plant , tree
VERB + ROOT
▪ develop , grow
▪ put down , take
▪
I hope those cuttings will take ~.
▪ plant
ROOT + VERB
▪ grow
ROOT + NOUN
▪ system
▪ ball
▪ crops , vegetables
▪ growth
PREPOSITION
▪ by its/the ~s
▪
She pulled the shrub out by its ~s.
2 roots place where you feel you belong
ADJECTIVE
▪ humble
▪
Despite his wealth, he never forgot his humble ~s.
▪ strong
▪ cultural
▪
severed from our cultural ~s by industrialization
▪ working-class
▪ African , French , Scottish , etc.
VERB + ROOTS
▪ get back to , go back to , return to
▪
My husband wants to go back to his Irish ~s.
▪ trace
▪
They can trace their ~s back to the 16th century.
▪ put down
▪
We haven't been here long enough to put down ~s.
▪ be cut off from , forget
3 cause/source
ADJECTIVE
▪ deep , strong
▪ very
▪ common , same
▪
The two languages share a common ~.
▪ historical
VERB + ROOT
▪ have
▪ explore , find , get at , get to , go to
▪
I've spent months trying to get to the ~ of the problem.
▪ lie at
ROOT + VERB
▪ be planted in sth
▪
Jazz's ~s are firmly planted in African tradition.
▪ go back
▪
The company's ~s go back to the 18th century.
ROOT + NOUN
▪ cause
PREPOSITION
▪ at (the ~ of)
▪
It is a moral question at ~.
▪
His fears of loneliness lay at the very ~ of his inability to leave.
▪ ~ in
▪
The unrest has ~s in religious differences.
PHRASES
▪ the ~ of all evil
▪
They consider globalization to be the ~ of all evil.
▪ the ~ of the matter , the ~ of the problem
▪
I expect money is at the ~ of the matter.
II.
verb
Root is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑ cutting