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• root around — v. (D; intr.) also: root about to root around for ( to search for ) (to root around in a stack of papers for a specific document) …   Combinatory dictionary

• root around — PHRASAL VERB If you root around or root about in something, you look for something there, moving things around as you search. [V P prep] It s in here somewhere, he said, rooting about in his desk. [Also V P] Syn: rummage (in BRIT, also use root… …   English dictionary

• root around — v. look for; carefully and thoroughly seek …   English slang

• root — [[t]ru͟ːt[/t]] ♦♦♦ roots, rooting, rooted 1) N COUNT: usu pl The roots of a plant are the parts of it that grow under the ground. ...the twisted roots of an apple tree. 2) V ERG If you root a plant or cutting or if it roots, roots form on the… …   English dictionary

• root — root1 [ rut ] noun *** ▸ 1 part of plant ▸ 2 part of hair/tooth/nail ▸ 3 origins/background ▸ 4 main cause/idea ▸ 5 in mathematics ▸ 6 basic form of word ▸ 7 base of chord in music ▸ 8 end of nerve ▸ + PHRASES 1. ) count the part of a plant that… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• root — I UK [ruːt] / US [rut] noun Word forms root : singular root plural roots *** 1) [countable] the part of a plant that grows under the ground, through which the plant gets water and food Olive trees have deep roots. 2) [countable] the part of a… …   English dictionary

• root — root1 rootlike, adj. /rooht, root/, n. 1. a part of the body of a plant that develops, typically, from the radicle and grows downward into the soil, anchoring the plant and absorbing nutriment and moisture. 2. a similar organ developed from some… …   Universalium

• root — I n. 1) to take root 2) to put down roots; to strike root(s) 3) deep roots 4) (mathematics) a cube; square root 5) by the roots (to pull smt. up by the roots) 6) (misc.) at the root of the matter; to go back to, search for one s roots; to get at… …   Combinatory dictionary

• root — I. /rut / (say rooht) noun 1. a part of the body of a plant which, typically, develops from the radicle, and grows downwards into the soil, fixing the plant and absorbing nutriment and moisture. 2. a similar organ developed from some other part… …  

• root — I [[t]rut, rʊt[/t]] n. 1) bot a part of the body of a plant that develops, typically, from the radicle and grows downward into the soil, anchoring the plant and absorbing nutriment and moisture 2) bot any underground part of a plant, as a rhizome …   From formal English to slang

• root about — v. (D; intr.) also: root around to root about for ( to search for ) (to root about in a stack of papers for a specific document) …   Combinatory dictionary