v. |
[1] |
root for
,
cheer (for)
,
applaud (for)
,
boost
,
support
,
encourage
,
urge on
|
[2] |
plant
,
set
,
establish
,
found
,
fix
,
settle
,
embed/imbed
,
entrench
,
anchor
|
[3] |
root out
,
root up
,
uproot
,
eradicate
,
eliminate
,
destroy
,
extirpate
,
exterminate find
,
uncover
,
discover
,
dig up/out
,
unearth
,
turn up
,
bring to light
|
[4] |
rout
,
rootle
|
[5] |
settle
,
take root
,
steady down
,
settle down
|
|
n. |
[1] |
base
,
basis
,
foundation
,
source
,
seat
,
cause
,
fountain-head
,
origin
,
fount
,
well-spring
|
[2] |
rootstock
,
beginning
,
origin
,
rootstalk
,
tap root
,
rootage
,
source
,
rootlet
,
tuber
,
(Technical) radix
,
radicle
,
radicel
,
rhizome
,
rhizomorph
|
[3] |
root and branch
,
root word
,
radically
,
base
,
completely
,
stem
,
theme
,
utterly
,
entirely
,
radical
,
wholly
,
totally
|
[4] |
roots
,
origins
,
heritage
,
family
,
lineage
,
house
,
antecedents
,
forefathers
,
foremothers
,
descent
,
genealogy
,
family tree
,
forebears
,
ancestors
,
predecessors
,
stock
,
pedigree
,
birthplace
,
motherland
,
fatherland
,
native land/country/soil
,
cradle
|
[5] |
take root
,
solution
,
become set/established/settled
,
germinate
,
sprout
,
grow
,
develop
,
thrive
,
burgeon
,
flourish
,
spread
|
[6] |
ancestor
,
ascendant
,
ascendent
,
antecedent
|
[7] |
etymon
|
[8] |
tooth root
|
|