ROOTLING - Definition & Meaning for Kids

Meaning 1

Part of speech: Noun

(botany) the usually underground organ that lacks buds or leaves or nodes

Example: absorbs water and mineral salts; usually it anchors the plant to the ground

Meaning 2

Part of speech: Noun

a number that, when multiplied by itself some number of times, equals a given number

Meaning 3

Part of speech: Noun

the embedded part of a bodily structure such as a tooth, nail, or hair

Meaning 4

Part of speech: Noun

(linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed

Example: thematic vowels are part of the stem

Meaning 5

Part of speech: Noun

a simple form inferred as the common basis from which related words in several languages can be derived by linguistic processes

Meaning 6

Part of speech: Noun

the set of values that give a true statement when substituted into an equation

Meaning 7

Part of speech: Noun

the place where something begins, where it springs into being

Example: the Italian beginning of the Renaissance; Jupiter was the origin of the radiation; Pittsburgh is the source of the Ohio River; communism's Russian root

Meaning 8

Part of speech: Noun

someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent)

Meaning 9

Part of speech: Verb

dig with the snout

Example: the pig was rooting for truffles

Meaning 10

Part of speech: Verb

plant by the roots

Meaning 11

Part of speech: Verb

cheer for

Example: She roots for the Broncos

Meaning 12

Part of speech: Verb

come into existence, originate

Example: The problem roots in her depression

Meaning 13

Part of speech: Verb

take root and begin to grow

Example: this plant roots quickly

Meaning 14

Part of speech: Verb

cause to take roots

Meaning 15

Part of speech: Verb

become settled or established and stable in one's residence or life style

Example: He finally settled down