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1 root
I 1. [ru:t] noun1) (the part of a plant that grows under the ground and draws food and water from the soil: Trees often have deep roots; Carrots and turnips are edible roots.) sakne2) (the base of something growing in the body: the roots of one's hair/teeth.) sakne3) (cause; origin: Love of money is the root of all evil; We must get at the root of the trouble.) sakne; cēlonis4) ((in plural) family origins: Our roots are in Scotland.) saknes; izcelšanās2. verb(to (make something) grow roots: These plants aren't rooting very well; He rooted the plants in compost.) apsakņot; iesakņoties- root crop
- root out
- take root II [ru:t] verb1) (to poke about in the ground: The pigs were rooting about for food.) rakņāties2) (to search by turning things over etc: She rooted about in the cupboard.) rakāties; vandīties* * *sakņaugs; cēlonis, pirmsākums; sakne; laist saknes; piesaistīt; rakņāties; ieviest -
2 root out
1) (to pull up or tear out by the roots: The gardener began to root out the weeds.) izravēt; izraut ar saknēm2) (to get rid of completely: We must do our best to root out poverty.) iznīdēt; izskaust -
3 root crop
(plants with roots that are grown for food: The farm has three fields of root crops.) sakņaugi; saknes -
4 root and branch
pilnīgi; pašos pamatos -
5 root of the matter
lietas būtība -
6 root of the mountain
kalna pakāje -
7 root-crop
sakņaugs -
8 root beer
(a kind of non-alcoholic drink made from the roots of certain plants.) sakņaugu dzēriens -
9 square root
(the number which, multiplied by itself, gives the number that is being considered: The square root of 16 is 4 (16 = 4).) kvadrātsakne* * *kvadrātsakne -
10 cube root
(the number of which a given number is the cube: The cube root of 64 is 4.) kuba sakne -
11 take root
(to grow firmly; to become established: The plants soon took root.) iesakņoties; laist saknes -
12 at root
savā būtībā -
13 at the root
savā būtībā -
14 the square root
kvadrātsakne -
15 to lay axe to the root
iznīdēt; izskaust -
16 to root a new method
ieviest jaunu metodi -
17 to root for
rakņāties; uzmundrināt -
18 to root out
uzrakt; izskaust -
19 to strike at the root of something
iedragāt kaut ko pašos pamatosEnglish-Latvian dictionary > to strike at the root of something
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20 to strike root
laist saknes; iesakņoties
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Root-and-branch men — Root Root, n. [Icel. r[=o]t (for vr[=o]t); akin to E. wort, and perhaps to root to turn up the earth. See {Wort}.] 1. (Bot.) (a) The underground portion of a plant, whether a true root or a tuber, a bulb or rootstock, as in the potato, the onion … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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