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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.) ρίζα2) (the base of something growing in the body: the roots of one's hair/teeth.) ρίζα3) (cause; origin: Love of money is the root of all evil; We must get at the root of the trouble.) ρίζα4) ((in plural) family origins: Our roots are in Scotland.) καταγωγή, ρίζες2. verb(to (make something) grow roots: These plants aren't rooting very well; He rooted the plants in compost.) ριζώνω/ φυτεύω- root crop
- root out
- take root II [ru:t] verb1) (to poke about in the ground: The pigs were rooting about for food.) ψάχνω με το ρύγχος2) (to search by turning things over etc: She rooted about in the cupboard.) ανασκαλεύω -
2 banyan
['bænjən](a tree that grows on wet land, with branches that have hanging roots that grow down and start new trunks.) δέντρο φίκος της Βεγγάλης (είδος καρποφόρου δέντρου) -
3 bulb
1) (the ball-shaped part of the stem of certain plants, eg onions, tulips etc, from which their roots grow.) βολβός2) ((also light bulb) a pear-shaped glass globe surrounding the element of an electric light.) γλόμπος3) (the pear-shaped end of a thermometer.) φούσκα θερμομέτρου•- bulbous -
4 cassava
((also tapioca plant) a tropical plant, whose roots yield tapioca.) ταπιόκα, μανιόκα (τροπικό δέντρο) -
5 grub
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6 root beer
(a kind of non-alcoholic drink made from the roots of certain plants.) είδος αναψυκτικού -
7 root crop
(plants with roots that are grown for food: The farm has three fields of root crops.) φυτό για παραγωγή της ρίζας -
8 root out
1) (to pull up or tear out by the roots: The gardener began to root out the weeds.) ξεριζώνω2) (to get rid of completely: We must do our best to root out poverty.) εξαλείφω -
9 runner
1) (a person who runs: There are five runners in this race.) δρομέας2) (the long narrow part on which a sledge etc moves: He polished the runners of the sledge; an ice-skate runner.) ολισθητήρας3) (a long stem of a plant which puts down roots.) καταβολάδα -
10 uproot
(to pull (a plant etc) out of the earth with the roots: I uprooted the weeds and burnt them.) ξεριζώνω -
11 Crush
v. trans.Break in pieces: συντρίβειν (Eur., Cycl.), Ar. and V. θραύειν (Plat. but rare P.),V. συνθραύειν, συναράσσειν, ἐρείκειν.Squeeze: Ar. and P. πιέζειν, θλίβειν, P. συμπιέζειν.met., weigh down: P. and V. πιέζειν.Crush by war: P. καταπολεμεῖν (acc.).Crushed beneath the roots of Etna: V. ἰπούμενος ῥίζαισιν Αἰτναίαις ὕπο (Æsch., P.V. 365).Ere ye be crushed by blows, why tarry ye to rice and dash together at the gates? V. πρὶν κατεξάνθαι βολαῖς τί μέλλετʼ ἄρδην πάντες ἐμπίπτειν πύλαις; (Eur., Phoen. 1145).Easy to crush: P. εὔληπτος, εὐκαθαίρετος.——————subs.Woodhouse English-Greek dictionary. A vocabulary of the Attic language > Crush
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12 Root out
v. trans.Pull up by the roots: P. ἐκπρεμνίζειν, V. ἐκθαμνίζειν.Having all his house utterly rooted out: V. γένους ἅπαντος ῥίζαν ἐξημημένος (ἐξαμᾶν) (Soph., Aj. 1178).Woodhouse English-Greek dictionary. A vocabulary of the Attic language > Root out
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