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root
     1. Substantiv:
     2. [1] Wurzel
     3. [2] (mathematisch) die Nullstelle
           [1] A tree's roots are vital to its health.
Englisch > Englisch
root
     1. subst. The part of a plant, generally underground, that anchors and supports the plant body, absorbs and stores water and nutrients, and in some plants is able to perform vegetative reproduction.
           This tree's roots can go as deep as twenty metres underground.
     2. subst. A root vegetable.
     3. subst. The part of a tooth extending into the bone holding the tooth in place.
           Root damage is a common problem of overbrushing.
     4. subst. The part of a hair under the skin that holds the hair in place.
           The root is the only part of the hair that is alive.
     5. subst. The part of a hair near the skin that has not been dyed, permed, or otherwise treated.
           He dyed his hair black last month, so the grey roots can be seen.
     6. subst. The primary source; origin.
           The love of money is the root of all evil.
     7. subst. (arithmetic) Of a number or expression, a number which, when raised to a specified power, yields the specified number or expression.
           The cube root of 27 is 3.
     8. subst. (arithmetic) A square root (understood if no power is specified; in which case, “the root of” is often abbreviated to “root”).
           Multiply by root 2.
     9. subst. (analysis) A zero (of an equation).
     10. subst. (graph theory, computing) The single node of a tree that has no parent.
     11. subst. (linguistic morphology) The primary lexical unit of a word, which carries the most significant aspects of semantic content and cannot be reduced into smaller constituents. Inflectional stems often der
     12. subst. (philology) A word from which another word or words are derived.
     13. subst. (music) The fundamental tone of any chord; the tone from whose harmonics, or overtones, a chord is composed.
     14. subst. The lowest place, position, or part.
     15. subst. (computing) In UNIX terminology, the first user account with complete access to the operating system and its configuration, found at the root of the directory structure; the person who manages account
           I have to log in as root before I do that.
     16. subst. (computing) The highest directory of a directory structure which may contain both files and subdirectories.
           I installed the files in the root directory.
     17. subst. (slang) A penis, especially the base of a penis.
     18. v. To fix the root; to enter the earth, as roots; to take root and begin to grow.
     19. v. To be firmly fixed; to be established.
     20. v. (computing, slang) To break into a computer system and obtain root access.
           We rooted his box and planted a virus on it.
     21. v. To turn up or dig with the snout.
           A pig roots the earth for truffles.
     22. v. (by extension) To seek favour or advancement by low arts or grovelling servility; to fawn.
     23. v. (intransitive) To rummage; to search as if by digging in soil.
           rooting about in a junk-filled drawer
     24. v. To root out; to abolish.
     25. v. (Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, vulgar, slang) To have sexual intercourse.
     26. v. (horticulture, intransitive) To grow roots
           The cuttings are starting to root.
     27. v. (horticulture, transitive) To prepare, oversee, or otherwise cause the rooting of cuttings
           We rooted some cuttings last summer.
     28. subst. (Australia, New Zealand, vulgar, slang) An act of sexual intercourse.
           Fancy a root?
     29. subst. (Australia, New Zealand, vulgar, slang) A sexual partner.
     30. v. (intransitive, with "for" or "on", US) To cheer (on); to show support (for) and hope for the success of. (See root for.)
           I'm rooting for you, don't let me down!

Beispielsätze

The root cause of any divorce is marriage. 
    Die Hauptursache einer jedweden Scheidung ist die Heirat.
The lack of money is the root of all evil. 
    Alles Böse entspringt dem Mangel an Geld.
Love of money is the root of all evil. 
    Die Liebe zum Geld ist die Wurzel allen Übels.
We learned at school that the square root of nine is three. 
    In der Schule haben wir gelernt, dass die Quadratwurzel aus neun drei ist.



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