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76 short excerpts of Wiktionnary (A collaborative project to produce a free-content dictionary.)

— English words —

• root n. The part of a plant, generally underground, that anchors and supports the plant body, absorbs and stores…
• root n. A root vegetable.
• root n. The part of a tooth extending into the bone holding the tooth in place.
• root n. The part of a hair under the skin that holds the hair in place.
• root n. The part of a hair near the skin that has not been dyed, permed, or otherwise treated.
• root n. (Figurative) The primary source; origin.
• root n. (Aviation) The section of a wing immediately adjacent to the fuselage.
• root n. (Engineering) The bottom of the thread of a threaded object.
• root n. (Arithmetic) Of a number or expression, a number which, when raised to a specified power, yields the…
• root n. (Arithmetic) A square root (understood if no power is specified; in which case, "the root of" is often…
• root n. (Mathematical analysis) A zero (of an equation).
• root n. (Graph theory, computing) The single node of a tree that has no parent.
• root n. (Linguistic morphology) The primary lexical unit of a word, which carries the most significant aspects…
• root n. (Linguistics) A word from which another word or words are derived.
• root n. (Music) The fundamental tone of any chord; the tone from whose harmonics, or overtones, a chord is composed.
• root n. The lowest place, position, or part.
• root n. (Computing) In UNIX terminology, the first user account with complete access to the operating system…
• root n. (Computing) The highest directory of a directory structure which may contain both files and subdirectories.
• root n. (Slang) A penis, especially the base of a penis.
• root v. To grow roots; to enter the earth, as roots; to take root and begin to grow.
• root v. To prepare, oversee, or otherwise cause the rooting of cuttings.
• root v. To be firmly fixed; to be established.
• root v. (Computing slang, transitive) To get root or privileged access on a computer system or mobile phone…
• root v. (Transitive, intransitive) To turn up or dig with the snout.
• root v. (By extension) To seek favour or advancement by low arts or grovelling servility; to fawn.
• root v. (Intransitive) To rummage; to search as if by digging in soil.
• root v. (Intransitive) Of a baby: to turn the head and open the mouth in search of food.
• root v. (Transitive) To root out; to abolish.
• root v. (Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, vulgar, slang) To sexually penetrate.
• root n. (Australia, New Zealand, vulgar, slang) An act of sexual intercourse.
• root n. (Australia, New Zealand, vulgar, slang) A sexual partner.
• root v. (Intransitive, with "for" or "on", US) To cheer (on); to show support (for) and hope for the success…
• Root prop.n. An English surname from Middle English from a byname from Middle English rote (“glad”).
• Root prop.n. An English surname originating as an occupation for a rote (medieval guitar)-player.
• Root prop.n. A habitational surname from Dutch for someone living near a retting place (Dutch root, from roten (“to ret”)).
• Root prop.n. A town in Lucerne canton, Switzerland.
• Root prop.n. A town in New York, United States; named for lawyer and politician Erastus Root.
• Root prop.n. A river in Minnesota, United States; named as a translation of its native Dakota name.
• Root prop.n. A river in Wisconsin, United States.

— Foreign words, define in English —

• Chinese
  • root v. (Computing slang) to root#Verb (an Android device) (to get root or privileged access).
• German low german - Middle dutch - Plautdietsch
  • root adj. Red.
• Middle english
  • root n. Alternative form of rote (“root”).
  • root n. Alternative form of rote (“habit”).
  • root n. Alternative form of rot.
• Phalura
  • róot n. Night (as opposed to day).

— English words, defined in German —

• root S. Wurzel.
• root S. (Mathematisch) die Nullstelle.

— English words, defined in Dutch —

• root n. (Plantkunde), (groente) wortel.
• root n. (Wiskunde) wortel.

— English words, defined in French —

• root n. (Botanique) Racine (de plante, de dent, de cheveu, carrée, de mot).
• root n. Origine, source principale.
• root n. (Informatique) Root (compte et administrateur).
• root n. (Informatique) Racine, répertoire le plus haut de l’arborescence.
• root n. (Musique) Fondamentale d’un accord.
• root v. Enraciner.
• root v. (Sens figuré) Enraciner, prendre racine.
• root v. Déraciner.
• root v. (Par extension) (Sens figuré) Déterrer.
• root v. Fouiller la terre avec le groin.
• root v. Chercher des faveurs.
• root v. Chercher, fouiller.
• root v. (En parlant d’un bébé) Chercher le sein pour téter.
• root v. Supprimer, anéantir, éradiquer.
• root v. (Australie) (Nouvelle-Zélande) (Sexualité) Baiser.
• root v. Soutenir (bruyamment) une personne, une équipe.

— English words, defined in Spanish —

• root s. Raíz₁.
• root s. Botánica. Raíz₂.

— English word, defined in Portuguese —

• root s. Raiz.

— English words, defined in Italian —

• root s. (Botanica) radice.
• root s. (Matematica) radice.

— In Dutch —

• root w. Enkelvoud tegenwoordige tijd van roten#gebiedende wijs van roten.

— In French —

• root n.m. (Anglicisme informatique) Compte administrateur sur Unix.
• root n.m. (Anglicisme informatique) Droits associés à la racine du…
• root n.m. (Anglicisme informatique) (Par extension) Administrateur sur Unix.
• root adj. (Argot) Rustique.
• Root n.prop. (Géographie) Commune du canton de Lucerne en Suisse.

255 English words from 45 English definitions

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31 English words from 31 foreign definitions

accord à␣la arborescence Argot Botanica canton Commune dent des die Droits équipe extension groin haut Lucerne mot Musique Par plus pour Racine répertoire Root Rustique sein Sens source Unix van Wurzel

1 foreign word from 45 English definitions

roten

64 foreign words from 31 foreign definitions

administrateur anéantir Anglicisme associés Australie avec Baiser bébé Botánica Botanique bruyamment carrée Chercher cheveu compte Déraciner Déterrer Enkelvoud Enraciner en␣Suisse éradiquer faveurs figuré Fondamentale fouiller gebiedende gebiedende␣wijs Géographie groente informatique Matematica Mathematisch Nouvelle Nouvelle-Zélande Nullstelle Origine Par␣extension parlant personne plante Plantkunde plus␣haut prendre prendre␣racine principale racine radice Raíz roten Sens␣figuré Sexualité Soutenir Suisse Supprimer sur tegenwoordige␣tijd terre téter tijd une wijs Wiskunde wortel Zélande

179 suffixes (New words found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

Rooth roots rooty rootch rooted rooter Rootes rootin' rootle rootsy root␣up rootcap rooters rootery rootest rooteth root␣fly root␣for rootier rooting rootkit root␣kit rootled rootles rootlet root␣out rootrot root␣rot rootable rootball rootbark root␣bark rootbeer root␣beer rootcaps rootched rootches rootedly roothair root␣hair roothold roothole rootiest rootings rootkits root␣kits rootless rootlets rootlike rootling +129 words

166 times in the middle (New words found by adding letters in front and at the end of the word.)

froots Groots chroots enroots piroots prootic reroots stroots unroots uproots cheroots chrooted Degroots disroots enrooted manroots netroots outroots pegroots pigroots pirooted prootics redroots rerooted scrootch sheroots strooted subroots sunroots taproots unrooted uprootal uprooted uprooter webroots alumroots bareroots beetroots beet␣roots beetrooty bethroots chayroots chay␣roots choy␣roots chrooting clubroots cube␣roots daroo␣tree disrooted eddy␣roots +116 words

156 prefixes (New words found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)

froot Groot proot chroot enroot Maroot piroot reroot stroot unroot uproot bigroot cheroot Degroot DeGroot de␣Groot De␣Groot disroot gagroot Lenroot manroot midroot nonroot outroot pigroot redroot sheroot subroot sunroot taproot webroot alumroot bareroot beetroot beet-root beet␣root bethroot chayroot chay␣root choyroot choy␣root clubroot cube␣root dick␣root eddy␣root fernroot flagroot grubroot knotroot manyroot +106 words

4 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

oot OoT roo 'roo

2 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

too Toor

7 anagrams (New words found by changing the order of the letters.)

Oort roto roto- Toor toro Toro troo

62 anagrams found with an extra letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word and an extra letter.)

aorto- boort coort eroto- for␣to froot Groot Kotor morto motor Motor Oorts ornot or␣not ortho ortho- ortol Orton ostro Otero outro poort porto Porto porto- proot proto Proto proto- robot /r/obot ronto- roost Rooth roots rooty roton rotor rotos Rotto Rotzo Sorto stoor thoro Toors Topor Torio Torno torob Torok +12 words

21 anagrams found minus a letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

oot OoT Oro oro- ort ORT oto Oto OTO oto- OTR roo 'roo rot ROT RTO too tor Tor TOR TRO

44 cousins (New words found by changing only one letter.)

boot Boot BOOT coot doot foot Foot goot hoot Hoot Koot loot moot noot poot riot Roat Rolt ront rood Rood roof Roof rook rool room roon roop roos Roos 'roos rort rost Rott ROTT rout rowt RVOT ryot soot toot woot woo't zoot

6 lipograms (New words found when removing only one letter.)

oot OoT roo 'roo rot ROT

3 epenthesis (New words found when adding only one letter.)

robot /r/obot roost

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