{n} the part from which vegetables spring, original or first cause, first ancestor, bottom
as a source of nourishment or support; that from which anything proceeds as if by growth or development; as, the root of a tooth, a nail, a cancer, and the like
The name of the login account given full and complete access to all system resources Also used to describe the directory named "/"as in, "the root directory "
the most fundamental note of a chord, often the bass note, which usually contains the other members of the chord in its overtones
To shout for, or otherwise noisly applaud or encourage, a contestant, as in sports; hence, to wish earnestly for the success of some one or the happening of some event, with the superstitious notion that this action may have efficacy; usually with for; as, the crowd rooted for the home team
(linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed; "thematic vowels are part of the stem"
The root of a word is the part that contains its meaning and to which other parts can be added. The word `secretary' comes from the same Latin root as the word `secret'
{i} part of a plant growing underground which anchors the plant and absorbs water and nutrients; part which anchors; source, origin; base, fundamental part; number that multiplied by itself yields a given number (Mathematics)