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structure, lower part, bottom, downside.
3. fundamental, principle, radical, rudiment, basal portion; starting place or point, point of departure, takeoff, takeoff point, conception, inception, commencement, start; premise, proposition, presupposition, hypothesis, thesis; reason, rationale, motive, cause, occasion, ground, causation, mainspring, causality, leaven; basic element or part, essential part, egg, ovum, germ, nucleus, seed, embryo, bud; grass roots, stem, stock; source, origin, beginning, derivation, rise, fountainhead, font, Latin, fons et origo; wellspring, spring, head.
4. roots heritage, country, land, nationality, fatherland, motherland, mother country, native land, native soil, homeland; birthplace, breeding place, cradle, nursery, womb, origin, place of birth, genesis, origination; antecedents, ancestors, predecessors, forefathers, forebears, family, ancestry, lineage, line, extraction, bloodline, descent, strain, stock, race; genealogy, pedigree, family tree; house, ancestral home.
-v. 5. become fixed or established, send out roots, get a footing, strike, settle.
6. take root begin to grow, sprout, develop, germinate, flourish, thrive, mushroom, spread, spring up.
7. implant, plant, embed, fix, fasten, graft, insert, establish or sink deeply; place, set, put, situate, lay, station, deposit.
8. pull or tear or dig up, uproot, eradicate, tear out, tear up by the roots, dig out, weed out; extirpate, exterminate, remove, destroy, do away with, abolish. root*, v. 1. poke, pry, search or poke around, dig, delve, nose around, scrabble, ransack, rummage, rake, rifle; look everywhere, look into every nook and cranny, search every corner, look high and low, Inf. beat the bushes.
2. unearth, discover, reveal, uncover, expose, bring to light; search or hunt out, pry or dig out, ferret or hound out, grub up, nose or smell or sniff out, run to ground or earth. root3, v. 1. cheftr, give a cheer, applaud, hail, give a hand or a big hand, cry or shout or yell for, yell oneself hoarse; huzzah, hurrah, hurray, Australian, Brit, barrack.
2. support, lend moral support, cheer on, bolster, boost, encourage; urge on, Inf. egg on, goad or spur on, pat or clap on the back. rooted, adj. 1. fixed, firm, set, fast, rigid; implanted, embedded, ingrained, deep-rooted, deep-seated, firmly established, firmly planted; inbred, inborn, congenital, ingrafted; fundamental, radical, inherent; established, confirmed, absolute, definite.
2. immovable, stationary, glued, cemented, riveted, locked in place, frozen, immobilized, motionless, stock-still, statuelike.
3. durable, perennial, traditional, long-standing; permanent, chronic, continuous, inveterate; settled, stable, steady, habituated, accustomed, wonted. rooter, n. partisan, Inf. fan, Inf. loyal fan, Inf. booster; supporter, follower, Inf. buff, devotee, votary, adherent, enthusiast, admirer, fancier, SI. freak, SI. nut, SI. bug, SI. groupie; promoter, Inf. plugger, Inf. tout, Inf. touter; applauder, clapper, claqueur. rope, n. 1. cord, line, cable, wire rope, twist; cordage, roping, rigging, sennit, tackle; hawser, halyard, guy, painter, bowline; leader, lead, rein, longe; clothesline.
2. lasso, lariat, riata, bola.
3. noose, hangman's rope, hemp, hempen collar, Inf. necktie; halter, cord, garrote.
4. string, chain, thread, belt, band, strip.
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It was discovered on a space mission that a frog can throw up. The frog throws up its stomach first, so the stomach is dangling out of its mouth. The frog then uses its forearms to dig out all of the stomach's contents and then swallows the stomach back d .. More >>
