Synonym: cause, derivation, origin, source. Antonym: branch. Similar words: roots, uproot, rooted, rooting, rootless, take root, beetroot, grass roots. Meaning: [ruːt] 
n. 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. (linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed 3. the place where something begins, where it springs into being 4. a number that when multiplied by itself some number of times equals a given number 5. the set of values that give a true statement when substituted into an equation 6. someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent) 7. a simple form inferred as the common basis from which related words in several languages can be derived by linguistic processes 8. the part of a tooth that is embedded in the jaw and serves as support. v. 1. take root and begin to grow 2. come into existence, originate 3. plant by the roots 4. dig with the snout 5. take sides with; align oneself with; show strong sympathy for 6. become settled or established and stable in one's residence or life style 7. cause to take roots.
n. 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. (linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed 3. the place where something begins, where it springs into being 4. a number that when multiplied by itself some number of times equals a given number 5. the set of values that give a true statement when substituted into an equation 6. someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent) 7. a simple form inferred as the common basis from which related words in several languages can be derived by linguistic processes 8. the part of a tooth that is embedded in the jaw and serves as support. v. 1. take root and begin to grow 2. come into existence, originate 3. plant by the roots 4. dig with the snout 5. take sides with; align oneself with; show strong sympathy for 6. become settled or established and stable in one's residence or life style 7. cause to take roots. 
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151. They may root frantically under the couch cushions or behind the drapes for a hidden camera.
152. I have always thought pneumonia was the root of it all, contracted during that six-day match in the bitter cold.
153. He got out of bed on Wednesday morning, feeling the same dread he might feel over an impending root canal.
154. Alice Hawthorne sold ice cream cones and root beer floats to the people of Albany, Ga.
155. I had no conscious awareness of the Latin root of the name Hilary until Antonia Byatt pointed it out to me.
156. It is absolutely necessary that the umma root its security somewhere else than in the ban on free thought.
157. At the root of the problems with the old system was cut-throat competition.
158. Coriander looks like flat leaf parsley, but when bought in bunches usually has some of the root attached.
159. I had a throbbing abscess under a large section of bridgework and root canal work was the next day's projected treat.
160. September Take cuttings from strong young shoots and root outdoors as for soft fruit.
161. The deep division within the provinces of the former Empire meant than no-one had sufficient forces to root out the Beastmen.
162. But there was no mistaking the damage that had been done and no convenient means of dismissing its root organizational causes.
163. What I don't understand is how women can pour hot wax on their bodies, let it dry, then rip out every single hair by its root and still be scared of spiders. Jerry Seinfeld 
164. Upon arriving home, he noticed the sapling still had a pretty good root system on the bottom end.
165. Sir Robert Mark's campaign to root out corruption in the Metropolitan Police is well known.
166. Contrasts of major and minor keys with the same root, found but once in Stuck's first book, are characteristic.
167. The root of materialism is probably a firm commitment to empirical scientific method as the only reliable way to discover truth.
168. But the curious thing was that the idea had somehow and much against his will taken root in his consciousness.
169. Or is it an illness with nutritional deficiency at its root?
170. Trudeaumania took root in February 1968,(sentencedict.com) when he announced his candidacy for the Liberal leadership.
171. Faulty circulation is thought to be the root cause of the disorder.
172. Finally, on November 25, a day after a dispatch arrived from Tokyo, Root saw Hulbert.
173. Whether caffeine is the root cause of your insomnia or just a contributing factor, your caffeine consumption needs to be addressed.
174. Vasconcellos has long argued that to combat crime, the state should attack the root causes,[www.Sentencedict.com] such as low self-esteem.
175. The extract is bitter but tolerable, and the root has the taste of a radish past its prime.
176. Anchorage strength is affected by the root plate spread, root depth, and the soil type and structure.
177. It is perhaps that long-term perspective which is at the root of present-day concern over the nuclear arsenal held by the superpowers.
178. The root gives off a chemical which incites the worms to hatch and crawl into it.
179. Celery root and celery stalks are both edible, as are beets and beet greens.
180. Like retrenching, the technique of restricting behavior betrays a peculiar logic about performance and its root causes.