That which distinguishes; a single occurrence of a determining factor or feature, the fact of being divided; separation, discrimination.
The act of distinguishing, discriminating; discrimination.
Specifically, a feature that causes someone or something to stand out as being better; a mark of honour, rank, eminence or excellence; being distinguished.
A word from which another word or words are derived.
The single node of a tree that has no parent.
A sexual partner.
The highest directory of a directory structure which may contain both files and subdirectories.
A square root (understood if no power is specified; in which case, "the root of" is often abbreviated to "root").
A zero (of an equation).
The primary source; origin.
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 derive from roots.
Of a number or expression, a number which, when raised to a specified power, yields the specified number or expression.
A root vegetable.
The part of a hair near the skin that has not been dyed, permed, or otherwise treated.
The lowest place, position, or part.
The part of a tooth extending into the bone holding the tooth in place.
The bottom of the thread of a threaded object.
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.
The fundamental tone of any chord; the tone from whose harmonics, or overtones, a chord is composed.
An act of sexual intercourse.
The section of a wing immediately adjacent to the fuselage.
The part of a hair under the skin that holds the hair in place.
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 accounts on a UNIX system.
A penis, especially the base of a penis.
To be firmly fixed; to be established.
To prepare, oversee, or otherwise cause the rooting of cuttings.
To grow roots; to enter the earth, as roots; to take root and begin to grow.
To sexually penetrate.
To get root or privileged access on a computer system or mobile phone, often through bypassing some security mechanism.
To seek favour or advancement by low arts or grovelling servility; to fawn.
To turn up or dig with the snout.
Of a baby: to turn the head and open the mouth in search of food.
To rummage; to search as if by digging in soil.
To root out; to abolish.
To cheer (on); to show support (for) and hope for the success of. (See root for.)