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1 root and branch
root and branchaté as raízes, completamente.————————root and branchcompletamente, totalmente. -
2 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.) raiz2) (the base of something growing in the body: the roots of one's hair/teeth.) raiz3) (cause; origin: Love of money is the root of all evil; We must get at the root of the trouble.) raiz4) ((in plural) family origins: Our roots are in Scotland.) raizes2. verb(to (make something) grow roots: These plants aren't rooting very well; He rooted the plants in compost.) criar raizes- root crop
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- take root II [ru:t] verb1) (to poke about in the ground: The pigs were rooting about for food.) fossar2) (to search by turning things over etc: She rooted about in the cupboard.) remexer* * *root1[ru:t] n 1 raiz. 2 qualquer coisa com forma ou função de raiz. 3 causa, fonte, origem. he is the root of our misfortunes / ele é a causa da nossa desgraça. 4 parte ou ponto essencial. he went to the root of the question / ele foi ao fundo da questão. 5 Math raiz. 6 nota fundamental ou tônica. 7 Phil raiz (de uma palavra). 8 fundamento, base. 9 antepassado, linhagem. • vt 1 arraigar, lançar ou criar raízes. 2 radicar, fixar, consolidar, enraizar. 3 erradicar, extirpar, arrancar (up, out, away). 4 originar-se. root and branch completamente, totalmente. the root of all evil a origem de todos os males. to take root, to strike root criar raízes (também fig).————————root2[ru:t] vt+vi 1 fossar a terra. 2 fig pesquisar, esquadrinhar (revirando tudo). to root out (up) descobrir, achar.————————root3[ru:t] Amer, sl vi aplaudir, animar, incitar, torcer (em competições desportivas). I’ll root for you vou torcer para você. -
3 branch
1. noun1) (an arm-like part of a tree: He cut some branches off the oak tree.) ramo2) (an offshoot from the main part (of a business, railway etc): There isn't a branch of that store in this town; ( also adjective) That train runs on the branch line.) divisão2. verb((usually with out/off) to spread out like, or into, a branch or branches: The road to the coast branches off here.) ramificar* * *[bra:ntʃ; bræntʃ] n 1 ramo de árvore. 2 Geogr braço (de rio). 3 ramal. 4 parte, seção. 5 filial, sucursal, agência. 6 descendência, linha de família. 7 linha secundária, ramal de estrada de ferro. 8 área de conhecimento. a branch of medicine / uma área da medicina. • vi 1 estender galhos. 2 ramificar. 3 separar-se, destacar-se. 4 dividir em seções, ramos etc. root and branch até as raízes, completamente. to branch off a) ramificar-se, espalhar-se. b) ir em diferentes direções. to branch out ampliar, diversificar (negócios, atividades).
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Root and branch — 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
Root and branch — Branch Branch, n.; pl. {Branches}. [OE. braunche, F. branche, fr. LL. branca claw of a bird or beast of prey; cf. Armor. brank branch, bough.] 1. (Bot.) A shoot or secondary stem growing from the main stem, or from a principal limb or bough of a… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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