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■ noun
1》 a part of a plant normally below ground, which acts as a support and collects water and nourishment.
↘a turnip, carrot, or other vegetable which grows as a ~.
2》 the embedded part of a bodily organ or structure such as a hair.
3》 the basic cause, source, or origin: money is the ~ of all evil.
↘( ~s ) family, ethnic, or cultural origins as the reasons for one's emotional attachment to a place or community.
↘[as modifier ] ( ~s ) denoting something from a non-Western ethnic or cultural origin: ~s music.
4》 Linguistics a morpheme, not necessarily surviving as a word in itself, from which words have been made by the addition of prefixes or suffixes or by other modification.
5》 (also ~ note ) Music the fundamental note of a chord.
6》 (in biblical use) a descendant.
7》 Mathematics a number or quantity that when multiplied by itself one or more times gives a specified number or quantity.
↘a value of an unknown quantity satisfying a given equation.
8》 Austral./NZ & Irish vulgar slang an act of sexual intercourse.
■ verb
1》 (with reference to a plant or cutting) establish or cause to establish ~s.
2》 establish deeply and firmly.
↘( be ~ed in ) have as a source or origin.
3》 [often as adjective ~ed ] cause to stand immobile through fear or amazement.
4》 ( ~ someone/thing out/up ) find and get rid of someone or something.
5》 Austral./NZ & Irish vulgar slang have sex with.
↘exhaust or frustrate.
Phrases
at ~ fundamentally.
put down ~s begin to have a settled life in a place.
~ and branch (of a process or operation) thorough or radical.
take ~ become fixed or established.
Derivatives
~edness noun
~less adjective
~lessness noun
~let noun
~-like adjective
~y adjective
Origin
OE rōt , from ON rót ; related to wort .
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~ 2
■ verb
1》 (of an animal) turn up the ground with its snout in search of food.
↘search or rummage.
2》 ( ~ for ) informal support enthusiastically.
↘( ~ someone on ) N. Amer. informal cheer or urge someone on.
■ noun an act of ~ing.
Origin
OE wrōtan , of Gmc origin; related to OE wrōt 'snout'.