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  • 1 root

    I 1. [ru:t] noun
    1) (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.) sakne
    2) (the base of something growing in the body: the roots of one's hair/teeth.) sakne
    3) (cause; origin: Love of money is the root of all evil; We must get at the root of the trouble.) sakne; cēlonis
    4) ((in plural) family origins: Our roots are in Scotland.) saknes; izcelšanās
    2. 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] verb
    1) (to poke about in the ground: The pigs were rooting about for food.) rakņāties
    2) (to search by turning things over etc: She rooted about in the cupboard.) rakāties; vandīties
    * * *
    sakņaugs; cēlonis, pirmsākums; sakne; laist saknes; piesaistīt; rakņāties; ieviest

    English-Latvian dictionary > root

  • 2 square

    [skweə] 1. noun
    1) (a four-sided two-dimensional figure with all sides equal in length and all angles right angles.) kvadrāts
    2) (something in the shape of this.) kvadrātveida priekšmets
    3) (an open place in a town, with the buildings round it.) laukums
    4) (the resulting number when a number is multiplied by itself: 3 × 3, or 32 = 9, so 9 is the square of 3.) kvadrāts, (skaitļa) otrā pakāpe
    2. adjective
    1) (having the shape of a square or right angle: I need a square piece of paper; He has a short, square body / a square chin.) kvadrātveida-; taisnstūra-
    2) ((of business dealings, scores in games etc) level, even, fairly balanced etc: If I pay you an extra $5 shall we be (all) square?; Their scores are (all) square (= equal).) vienāds; taisnīgs; godīgs
    3) (measuring a particular amount on all four sides: This piece of wood is two metres square.) kvadrāta-; garumā un platumā
    4) (old-fashioned: square ideas about clothes.) vecmodīgs
    3. adverb
    1) (at right angles, or in a square shape: The carpet is not cut square with the corner.) ar taisnu stūri; taisni
    2) (firmly and directly: She hit him square on the point of the chin.) precīzi; tieši
    4. verb
    1) (to give a square shape to or make square.) veidot kvadrātu
    2) (to settle, pay etc (an account, debt etc): I must square my account with you.) nokārtot (rēķinus); nolīdzināt (parādu)
    3) (to (cause to) fit or agree: His story doesn't square with the facts.) saskanēt; atbilst
    4) (to multiply a number by itself: Two squared is four.) kāpināt kvadrātā
    - squarely
    - square centimetre
    - metre
    - square root
    - fair and square
    - go back to square one
    - a square deal
    * * *
    kvadrāts, taisnstūris; kvadrātveida priekšmets; skvērs, laukums; kvartāls; stūrenis, uzstūris; kvadrāts; veidot kvadrātu; nokārtot; saskaņot; saskanēt; uzpirkt, piekukuļot; izlīdzināt rezultātu; kāpināt kvadrātā; kvadrātveida, taisnstūra; paralēls; precīzs, pareizs; taisnīgs, godīgs; pamatīgs; plecīgs, drukns; vecmodīgs; taisni; godīgi

    English-Latvian dictionary > square

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