Meanings (ES + gloss)
raíz
The part of a plant, generally underground, that anchors and supports the plant body, absorbs and stores water and nutrients, and in some plants is able to perform vegetative reproduction.
A Greek historian Phylarchus describes a white root indigenous to India that caused eunuchism when a person bathed in water in which the root was steeped.
This tree's roots can go as deep as twenty metres underground.
raigón • raíces • raíz
The part of a tooth extending into the bone holding the tooth in place.
Root damage is a common problem of overbrushing.
raíz
The part of a hair under the skin that holds the hair in place.
The root is the only part of the hair that is alive.
raíces • raíz
The primary source; origin.
The love of money is the root of all evil.
They were the roots out of which sprang two distinct people.
raíz
Of a number or expression, a number which, when raised to a specified power, yields the specified number or expression.
The cube root of 27 is 3.
raíz
A zero (of an equation).
lexema • raíz
The primary lexical unit of a word, which carries the most significant aspects of semantic content and cannot be reduced into smaller constituents. Inflectional stems often derive from roots.
A considerable number of derived nominals, especially thematic nouns, also exhibited o-grade roots.
raíz
A word from which another word or words are derived.
raíz
The highest directory of a directory structure which may contain both files and subdirectories.
I installed the files in the root directory.
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Word forms
Meanings (ES + gloss)
rootear
To get root or privileged access on (a computer system or mobile phone), often through bypassing some security mechanism.
I want to root my Android phone so I can remove the preinstalled crapware.
We rooted his box and planted a virus on it.
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Meanings (ES + gloss)
hozar
To turn up or dig with the snout.
A pig roots the earth for truffles.
hurgar • rebuscar
To root out; to abolish.
I will go root away the noisome weeds.
The Lord rooted them out of their land [...] and cast them into another land.