A physical base or foundation.
A starting point, base or foundation for an argument or hypothesis.
A regular frequency.
In a vector space, a linearly independent set of vectors spanning the whole vector space.
Amount paid for an investment, including commissions and other expenses.
An underlying condition or circumstance.
A collection of subsets ("basis elements") of a set, such that this collection covers the set, and for any two basis elements which both contain an element of the set, there is a third basis element contained in the intersection of the first two, which also contains that element.
The difference between the cash price a dealer pays to a farmer for his produce and an agreed reference price, which is usually the futures price at which the given crop is trading at a commodity exchange.
A penis, especially the base of a penis.
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.
A word from which another word or words are derived.
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.
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.)