WordNet

plant by the roots
(botany) the usually underground organ that lacks buds or leaves or nodes; absorbs water and mineral salts; usually it anchors the plant to the ground
a number that, when multiplied by itself some number of times, equals a given number
cause to take roots
take root and begin to grow; "this plant roots quickly"
(linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed; "thematic vowels are part of the stem" (同)root word, base, stem, theme, radical
the part of a tooth that is embedded in the jaw and serves as support (同)tooth_root
come into existence, originate; "The problem roots in her depression"
move smoothly and sinuously, like a snake
limbless scaly elongate reptile; some are venomous (同)serpent, ophidian
something long, thin, and flexible that resembles a snake
a deceitful or treacherous person (同)snake in the grass
form a snake-like pattern; "The river snakes through the valley"
move along a winding path; "The army snaked through the jungle"
perennial bushy herb of central and southern United States having white flowers with green centers and often purple crest; similar to Seneca snakeroot (同)Polygala alba
dried root of two plants of the genus Polygala containing an irritating saponin
the condition of belonging to a particular place or group by virtue of social or ethnic or cultural lineage; "his roots in Texas go back a long way"; "he went back to Sweden to search for his roots"; "his music has African roots"
a tributary of the Columbia River that rises in Wyoming and flows westward; discovered in 1805 by the Lewis and Clark Expedition (同)Snake River

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《しばしば複数形で》『根』 / 『根元』 / 《the~》『根源』,根本;根底 / 《複数形で》(その人の根底にある)ある場所との根源的なつながり / (数学で)根,ルート / (派生語の)語根(例えばrootlessの中のroot) / 〈植物〉‘を'『根づかせる』 / 《しばしば受動態で》(根をおろしたように)(…に)…‘を'『定着させる』『+『名』+『to』(『in』)+『名』》 / (…に)『根を下ろす』,定着する《+『in』(『on』,『to』)+『名』》
〈豚などが〉(…をあさって)鼻で地面を掘る《+『about』(『around』)『for』+『名』》 / (…を捜して)〈人が〉かき回す《+『about for』+『名』》
(…を)声援する,(…の)成功を願う《+『for』+『名』》
『ヘビ』(『蛇』) / (蛇のように)ずるく陰険な人 / へび(配水管などの詰まった物を取り除く道具) / 蛇行する,くねくねと続く / 〈体など〉‘を'くねらす / 《米》〈材木など〉‘を'引っぱる,引きずる