Are you trying to hyphenate root? Unfortunately it cannot be hyphenated because it only contains one syllable.
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(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 |
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The place where something begins, where it springs into being The Italian beginning of the Renaissance Jupiter was the origin of the radiation Pittsburgh is the source of the Ohio River Communism's Russian root |
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(linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed Thematic vowels are part of the stem |
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A number that, when multiplied by itself some number of times, equals a given number |
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The set of values that give a true statement when substituted into an equation |
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Someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent) |
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A simple form inferred as the common basis from which related words in several languages can be derived by linguistic processes |
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The part of a tooth that is embedded in the jaw and serves as support |
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Take root and begin to grow This plant roots quickly |
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Come into existence, originate The problem roots in her depression |
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Plant by the roots |
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Dig with the snout The pig was rooting for truffles |
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Become settled or established and stable in one's residence or life style He finally settled down |
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Cause to take roots |
| noun | plant organ
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| noun | root word, base, stem, theme, radical, form, word form, signifier, descriptor |
| noun | beginning, origin, rootage, source, point |
| noun | number |
| noun | solution, set |
| noun | ancestor, ascendant, ascendent, antecedent, relative, relation |
| noun | etymon, form, word form, signifier, descriptor |
| noun | tooth root, structure, anatomical structure, complex body part, bodily structure, body structure
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| verb | grow |
| verb | become |
| verb | plant, set |
| verb | rout, rootle, dig, delve, cut into, turn over
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| verb | side, pull, back, endorse, indorse, plump for, plunk for, support |
| verb | settle, take root, steady down, settle down, stabilize, stabilise |
| verb | grow |