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1 grass roots
gräsrötter, lantlig del av ett land; (smeknamn för) medelmåttiga medborgare, vanligt folk (i motsats till elitpersoner och väldigt mäktiga personer); källor, ursprung (av en idé -
2 pull up by the roots
dra upp med rötterna -
3 returning to one's roots
återvändande till ens rötter (återupptagande av sina förfäders traditioner, återgång till sederna som de tidigare generationerna hade) -
4 searched for his roots
letade efter sina rötter, sökte efter information om sitt förflutna -
5 tear out by the roots
rycka upp med roten -
6 went back to his roots
gick tillbaka till sina rötter (gick tillbaka till sina fäders tradition, gick tillbaka till tidigare generationers bruk) -
7 root
n. rot, upphov; grund--------v. rotfästa; slå rot: dra upp med rötterna; böka, rota; bli etablerad (angående företag etc.); utrota* * *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.) rot2) (the base of something growing in the body: the roots of one's hair/teeth.) rot3) (cause; origin: Love of money is the root of all evil; We must get at the root of the trouble.) rot4) ((in plural) family origins: Our roots are in Scotland.) rötter2. verb(to (make something) grow roots: These plants aren't rooting very well; He rooted the plants in compost.) [] slå rot- root crop
- root out
- take root II [ru:t] verb1) (to poke about in the ground: The pigs were rooting about for food.) böka, rota2) (to search by turning things over etc: She rooted about in the cupboard.) rota -
8 banyan
n. indiskt fikonträd* * *['bænjən](a tree that grows on wet land, with branches that have hanging roots that grow down and start new trunks.) banian, banyan -
9 bulb
n. glödlampa; rot, knöl; blomlök* * *1) (the ball-shaped part of the stem of certain plants, eg onions, tulips etc, from which their roots grow.) []lök2) ((also light bulb) a pear-shaped glass globe surrounding the element of an electric light.) glödlampa3) (the pear-shaped end of a thermometer.) kula•- bulbous -
10 cassava
n. maniokbuske, kassavabuske* * *((also tapioca plant) a tropical plant, whose roots yield tapioca.) kassava[] -
11 grub
n. käk, krubb (slang); larv, mask--------v. gräva, rota, böka [efter]; gräva upp [med rötterna]; rensa från ogräs; ge käk, föda (slang)* * *1. noun1) (the form of an insect after it hatches from its egg: A caterpillar is a grub.) larv2) (a slang term for food: Is there any grub in the house?) käk2. verb(to search by digging: The pigs were grubbing around for roots.) gräva, rota, böka -
12 root beer
root beer (läskedryck smaksatt med växtextrakt)* * *(a kind of non-alcoholic drink made from the roots of certain plants.) svagdricka -
13 root crop
(plants with roots that are grown for food: The farm has three fields of root crops.) skörd av rotfrukter -
14 root out
rycka upp med rötterna* * *1) (to pull up or tear out by the roots: The gardener began to root out the weeds.) rycka upp med rötterna2) (to get rid of completely: We must do our best to root out poverty.) utrota -
15 runner
n. löpare; kandidat (vid val etc.); budbärare; smugglare; utlöpare, klättrande växt* * *1) (a person who runs: There are five runners in this race.) löpare2) (the long narrow part on which a sledge etc moves: He polished the runners of the sledge; an ice-skate runner.) med[], skena3) (a long stem of a plant which puts down roots.) utlöpare, skott -
16 uproot
v. rycka upp med rötterna, rycka upp* * *(to pull (a plant etc) out of the earth with the roots: I uprooted the weeds and burnt them.) rycka upp med rötterna
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