Main entry: tooth root, root
Definition: the part of a tooth that is embedded in the jaw and serves as support
Main entry: stem, theme, base, root, root word, radical
Definition: (linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed
Usage: thematic vowels are part of the stem
Definition: a simple form inferred as the common basis from which related words in several languages can be derived by linguistic processes
Definition: the set of values that give a true statement when substituted into an equation
Main entry: root, rootage, source, beginning, origin
Definition: the place where something begins, where it springs into being
Usage: 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
Main entry: ancestor, antecedent, ascendant, ascendent, root
Definition: someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent)
Main entry: root
Definition: (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
Main entry: root
Definition: a number that, when multiplied by itself some number of times, equals a given number
Main entry: root
Definition: take root and begin to grow
Usage: this plant roots quickly
Main entry: root
Definition: cause to take roots
Main entry: settle, settle down, root, take root, steady down
Definition: become settled or established and stable in one's residence or life style
Usage: He finally settled down
Main entry: root, rootle, rout
Definition: dig with the snout
Usage: the pig was rooting for truffles
Main entry: root
Definition: plant by the roots
Main entry: root
Definition: come into existence, originate
Usage: The problem roots in her depression