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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181. Serpentine layering Climbers such as clematis, jasmine, wisteria and honeysuckle root wherever their long pliable stems touch the soil.
182. Creativity belongs to the artist in each of us. To create means to relate. The root meaning of the word art is 'to fit together' and we all do this every day. Corita Kent 
183. But along comes a cabbage root fly, whose larvae feed on the roots.
184. Several other causes, according to their findings, often lie at the root of violence against tenants.
185. Well-established clematis plants develop a large root system that takes up a great deal of water.
186. Herbivores have a large root canal in the teeth, which grow continually throughout life.
187. After the 30-minute play, the audience is invited to meet the cast over root beer floats.
188. The root cause of these crises is not that things are being done poorly.
189. Here are three different root definitions of a hospital system.
190. It is impossible to select any important part of it without soon realising that its root is firmly grounded in atheism.
191. But when these eco-skeptics do propose solutions, they generally advocate technological adjustments that fail to address the root causes of problems.
192. The first-resolution conceptual model shown in Fig 11.5 was then constructed from this root definition.
193. Cereal and root crops are equally vulnerable to rabbit damage.
194. But Didion is interested in root causes, not in immediate provocations.
194. Sentencedict.com is a sentence dictionary, on which you can find good sentences for a large number of words.
195. The human spirit is not dead. It lives on in secret.... It has come to believe that compassion, in which all ethics must take root, can only attain its full breadth and depth if it embraces all living creatures and does not limit itself to mankind. Albert Schweitzer
196. After discussions with the client, a neutral viewpoint is selected as the basis for a root definition and conceptual model.
197. Plant cover crops such as cereal rye to add organic matter and disrupt the life cycle of root knot nematodes.
198. She dropped ice cubes into a glass and poured in root beer.
199. There had been a determined attempt to root out abuses among the clergy and to raise their intellectual calibre.
200. Then pause for a cold root beer in a turn-of-the-century saloon.
201. For others, it might mean therapy to root out the underlying causes of overeating.
202. He concluded by asking Miller for one little root of Ixia, or other bulbous plant from the Cape.
203. A good father is a source of inspiration and self-restraint. A good mother is the root of kindness and humbleness. Dr T.P.Chia
204. That was before they put me in the root cellar.
205. Unlike most land plants, aquatic plants are not dependent solely on nutrition obtained through the root system.
206. Orange flames burst from the root of his right wing and billowed back toward the tail, turning into coal-black smoke.