Roots - English meaning

noun

The lowest part or edge of something, especially the part on which it rests or is supported.

Usage examples:

She sat down at the base of a tree

verb

Use (something specified) as the foundation or starting point for something.

Usage examples:

The film is based on a novel by pat conroy

adjective

Without moral principles; ignoble.

Usage examples:

The electorate's baser instincts of greed and selfishness

noun

The underlying support or foundation for an idea, argument, or process.

Usage examples:

Trust is the only basis for a good working relationship

noun

The most important facts, ideas, etc. from which something is developed

Usage examples:

Form the basis for this document will form the basis for our discussion., on the basis of decisions…

noun

A way or method of doing something

Usage examples:

On a voluntary basis most of our staff work for us on a voluntary basis (= they work without being …

noun

The point in time or space at which something begins.

Usage examples:

He left at the beginning of february

noun

The first part of something that continues

noun

The first part of something or the start of something

Usage examples:

Notes on how to use this dictionary can be found at the beginning of the book., she sat down and re…

noun

The lowest point or part of something.

Usage examples:

The bottom of the page

adjective

In the lowest position.

Usage examples:

The books on the bottom shelf

verb

Denoting a flavour (variety) of unstable quark having an electric charge of - 1/3. bottom quarks have similar properties to down quarks and strange quarks, but are distinguished from them by having a larger mass.

noun

A person or thing that gives rise to an action, phenomenon, or condition.

Usage examples:

The cause of the accident is not clear

verb

Make (something, especially something bad) happen.

Usage examples:

This disease can cause blindness

conjunction

Short for because.

noun

The tough central part of various fruits, containing the seeds.

Usage examples:

A pineapple core

verb

Remove the tough central part and seeds from (a fruit).

Usage examples:

Peel and core the pears

combining form

Denoting types of rock or dance music, typically those with an aggressive or extreme style.

Usage examples:

Emocore

adjective

Strongly felt or believed and very difficult to change or get rid of

Usage examples:

A deep-seated faith in god

adjective

(of an object) fixed firmly and deeply in a surrounding mass; implanted.

Usage examples:

A gold ring with nine embedded stones

verb

Fix (an object) firmly and deeply in a surrounding mass.

Usage examples:

He had an operation to remove a nail embedded in his chest

adjective

Existing or firmly attached within something or under a surface

Usage examples:

A threat is embedded in the language of the statement.

adjective

(of an attitude, habit, or belief) firmly established and difficult or unlikely to change; ingrained.

Usage examples:

An entrenched resistance to change

verb

Establish (an attitude, habit, or belief) so firmly that change is very difficult or unlikely.

Usage examples:

Ageism is entrenched in our society

adjective

Established firmly so that it cannot be changed

Usage examples:

An entrenched bureaucracy stalled gorbachev’s efforts to modernize soviet society.

noun

The intrinsic nature or indispensable quality of something, especially something abstract, which determines its character.

Usage examples:

Conflict is the essence of drama

noun

The basic meaning or importance of something

Usage examples:

The essence of punk was a revolt against both the sound and the system of popular music., in essenc…

noun

The basic or most important idea or quality of something

Usage examples:

The essence of his argument was that education should continue throughout life., yet change is the …

adjective

Fastened securely in position.

Usage examples:

A fixed iron ladder down the port side

verb

Fasten (something) securely in a particular place or position.

Usage examples:

They had candles fixed to their helmets

adjective

Not changing

Usage examples:

A fixed stare, a fixed address, she stared fixedly at the screen.

noun

The lowest load-bearing part of a building, typically below ground level.

Usage examples:

Foundations were being dug for a block of flats

noun

The base that is built below the surface of the ground to support a building

Usage examples:

A concrete foundation, fig. the two leaders have laid the foundations of a new era of cooperation b…

noun

An organization that has been started in order to provide money for a particular group of people or for a particular type of research

Usage examples:

He gave £1m to set up a charitable foundation to help vulnerable young people., he helped lead the …

noun

An original source of something.

Usage examples:

He was the sole fountainhead of advice

noun

A thing, person, or place where something comes from or begins, or that is the cause of something

Usage examples:

Fountainhead of the weekly journal national review is recognized as the intellectual fountainhead o…

noun

A decorative object made of stone, metal, etc. with a small opening that water comes out of as part of a fountain (= a decorative stream of water in a garden, lake, etc.)

Usage examples:

The yard is full of huge blue and green glazed pots, tiles, plaques and decorative fountainheads.

adjective

Forming a necessary base or core; of central importance.

Usage examples:

The protection of fundamental human rights

noun

A central or primary rule or principle on which something is based.

Usage examples:

Two courses cover the fundamentals of microbiology

adjective

Being the most basic or most important thing on which other things depend

Usage examples:

Fundamental beliefs/principles, we need to make fundamental changes in the way we treat our environ…

noun

The origin or mode of formation of something.

Usage examples:

This tale had its genesis in fireside stories

proper noun

The first book of the bible, which includes the stories of the creation of the world, noah's ark, the tower of babel, and the patriarchs abraham, isaac, jacob, and joseph.

noun

The time when something came into existence; the beginning or origin

Usage examples:

The genesis of life on earth

noun

A microorganism, especially one which causes disease.

Usage examples:

But since pasteurisation kills not only germs but also useful bacteria, a culture is added to the m…

noun

A very small organism that causes disease

Usage examples:

The patient has little natural resistance to germs., alejandro’s suggestion was the germ of an idea.

noun

A small amount, usually one that develops into something large or important

Usage examples:

Germ of an idea he found the germ of an idea in an old newspaper.

noun

A hollow muscular organ that pumps the blood through the circulatory system by rhythmic contraction and dilation. in vertebrates there may be up to four chambers (as in humans), with two atria and two ventricles.

Usage examples:

It rises to a peak, called the systolic pressure, at the height of the contraction of each heartbea…

verb

Like very much; love.

Usage examples:

I totally heart this song

noun

The organ in your chest that sends the blood around your body

Usage examples:

He's got a weak/bad heart (= his heart is not healthy)., isabel's heart was beating fast with fright.

verb

Insert or fix (tissue or an artificial object) in a person's body, especially by surgery.

Usage examples:

Electrodes had been implanted in his brain

noun

A thing implanted in something else, especially a piece of tissue, prosthetic device, or other object implanted in the body.

Usage examples:

A silicone breast implant

verb

Past simple and past participle of implant

adjective

Unable to be destroyed or removed.

Usage examples:

Ineradicable hostility

adjective

Not able to be removed

Usage examples:

Some experiences in early life have ineradicable effects.

adjective

(of a habit, belief, or attitude) firmly fixed or established; difficult to change.

Usage examples:

His deeply ingrained catholic convictions

verb

Firmly fix or establish (a habit, belief, or attitude) in a person.

Usage examples:

They trivialize the struggle and further ingrain the long-standing attitudes

adjective

(of beliefs, attitudes, or habits) so established that they are difficult to change

Usage examples:

Saying “thank you” became such a deeply ingrained habit that he never forgot to do it.

noun

A softer, usually edible part of a nut, seed, or fruit stone contained within its shell.

Usage examples:

The kernel of a walnut

noun

The edible part of a nut that is inside the shell, or the whole seed of a grain plant

Usage examples:

Fig. there’s a kernel of truth in what he said (= some small part of it is true).

noun

The part of a nut that is inside the shell and can be eaten

adjective

Not moving; stationary.

Usage examples:

An eagle hung almost motionless close to the ground

adjective

Not moving

Usage examples:

He looks made of stone, utterly motionless (= completely without movement).

adjective

Without moving

Usage examples:

The horse lay motionless on the ground, as if dead.

noun

The crux or central point of a matter.

Usage examples:

The nub of the problem lies elsewhere

noun

The most important or basic part of something

Usage examples:

What do you think is the nub of the problem?

noun

The central and most important part of an object, movement, or group, forming the basis for its activity and growth.

Usage examples:

The nucleus of a british film-producing industry

noun

The central part of something

Usage examples:

These two people will form the nucleus of a new management team to promote sales in south america.

noun

The point or place where something begins, arises, or is derived.

Usage examples:

His theory of the origin of life

noun

The thing from which something comes, or the place where it began

Usage examples:

[ c ] the origins of language, [ u ] he studied the origin and development of the nervous system., …

noun

The beginning or cause of something

Usage examples:

The origins of this practice date back to the time of the depression., whether entrepreneurs are se…

noun

A living organism of the kind exemplified by trees, shrubs, herbs, grasses, ferns, and mosses, typically growing in a permanent site, absorbing water and inorganic substances through its roots, and synthesizing nutrients in its leaves by photosynthesis using the green pigment chlorophyll.

Usage examples:

Eventually, it melts to supply water and nutrients to plants and aquatic organisms.

verb

Put (a seed, bulb, or plant) in the ground so that it can grow.

Usage examples:

We planted a lot of fruit trees

noun

A fine or fibrous root; a secondary or adventitious root, a rootlet.

noun

The part of a plant embryo that develops into the primary root.

Usage examples:

A caryopsis was considered germinated when the radicle pierced the seed coat, approximately 10 h af…

noun

A cause, explanation, or justification for an action or event.

Usage examples:

She asked him to return, but didn't give a reason

verb

Think, understand, and form judgements logically.

Usage examples:

Humans do not reason entirely from facts

noun

A continuously growing horizontal underground stem which puts out lateral shoots and adventitious roots at intervals.

Usage examples:

The plant is tough to stamp out because it develops a system of roots and rhizomes, horizontal unde…

noun

A stem of some plants that grows horizontally along or under the ground and produces roots and leaves

noun

A rhizome.

Usage examples:

Conventional tillage is effective for reducing populations of many biennial and perennial weeds tha…

noun

A stem to which part of another plant is joined so that both parts can grow together and get an advantage from a good feature of the stem

noun

A thing made or used for sitting on, such as a chair or stool.

Usage examples:

I sat down in the white chair while dr. clark took a seat on a stool that sat to my left.

verb

Arrange for (someone) to sit somewhere.

Usage examples:

Owen seated his guests in the draughty baronial hall

noun

A piece of furniture or other place for someone to sit

Usage examples:

She left her jacket on the back of her seat., i got a seat on the flight to new york., please take …

noun

The unit of reproduction of a flowering plant, capable of developing into another such plant.

Usage examples:

Cut open the peppers and remove the seeds

verb

Sow (land) with seeds.

Usage examples:

The shoreline is seeded with a special grass

noun

A small, usually hard part of a plant from which a new plant can grow

Usage examples:

A good defense lawyer knows how to plant these little seeds of doubt in the minds of jurors., we se…

noun

A place, person, or thing from which something originates or can be obtained.

Usage examples:

Mackerel is a good source of fish oil

verb

Obtain from a particular source.

Usage examples:

Each type of coffee is sourced from one country

noun

Something or someone that causes or produces something, or is the origin of it

Usage examples:

A source of energy/light, spinach is a good source of vitamins., his wife was a constant source of …

verb

Plant (seed) by scattering it on or in the earth.

Usage examples:

Fill a pot with compost and sow a thin layer of seeds on top

noun

An adult female pig, especially one which has farrowed.

Usage examples:

There are ten sows and fifty piglets at the farm

adverb

Without moving; completely still

Usage examples:

He stood stock-still, waiting for them to pass.

noun

A much thickened underground part of a stem or rhizome, e.g. in the potato, serving as a food reserve and bearing buds from which new plants arise.

Usage examples:

By contrast to leaves, potato tubers represent a non-photosynthetic plant tissue that uses a large …

noun

A swollen underground stem or root of a plant from which new plants can grow, as in the potato

adjective

Not moving; still.

Usage examples:

Claudia sat unmoving behind her desk

adjective

Not moving

Usage examples:

His body was still and unmoving, his gaze fixed. he was oblivious to everything else in the world b…