FIFA World Cup 2006 [R]

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13 entries found for root.
root1 Audio pronunciation of "root" ( P ) Pronunciation Key (rt, rt)
n.

1. The usually underground portion of a plant that lacks buds, leaves, or nodes and serves as support, draws minerals and water from the surrounding soil, and sometimes stores food.
2. Any of various other underground plant parts, especially an underground stem such as a rhizome, corm, or tuber.
3.
1. The embedded part of an organ or structure such as a hair, tooth, or nerve, that serves as a base or support.
2. A base or support: We snipped the wires at the roots.
4. An essential part or element; the basic core: I finally got to the root of the problem.
5. A primary source; an origin. See Synonyms at origin.
6. A progenitor or ancestor from which a person or family is descended.
7.
1. The condition of being settled and of belonging to a particular place or society. Often used in the plural: Our roots in this town go back a long way.
2. roots The state of having or establishing an indigenous relationship with or a personal affinity for a particular culture, society, or environment: music with unmistakable African roots.
8. Linguistics.
1. The element that carries the main component of meaning in a word and provides the basis from which a word is derived by adding affixes or inflectional endings or by phonetic change.
2. Such an element reconstructed for a protolanguage. Also called radical.
9. Mathematics.
1. A number that when multiplied by itself an indicated number of times forms a product equal to a specified number. For example, a fourth root of 4 is 2. Also called nth root.
2. A number that reduces a polynomial equation in one variable to an identity when it is substituted for the variable.
3. A number at which a polynomial has the value zero.
10. Music.
1. The note from which a chord is built.
2. Such a note occurring as the lowest note of a triad or other chord.


v. root·ed, root·ing, roots
v. intr.

1. To grow roots or a root.
2. To become firmly established, settled, or entrenched.
3. To come into existence; originate.


v. tr.

1. To cause to put out roots and grow.
2. To implant by or as if by the roots.
3. To furnish a primary source or origin to.
4. To remove by or as if by the roots. Often used with up or out: "declared that waste and fraud will be vigorously rooted out of Government" (New York Times).


Idiom:
root and branch

Utterly; completely: The organization has been transformed root and branch by its new leaders.


[Middle English rot, from Old English rt, from Old Norse. See wrd- in Indo-European Roots.]

osso anytime you want to riff on my turnip association feel free. I've tried really hard to come up with some more veggie allusions but failed. I dug deep I can tell you.

See Numbers 16 & 17

from The Macquarie Library Pty Ltd.


root 1
[rut] [rooht]


noun
1. a part of the body of a plant which, typically, develops from the radicle, and grows downwards into the soil, fixing the plant and absorbing nutriment and moisture.
2. a similar organ developed from some other part of the plant, as one of those by which ivy clings to its support.
3. any underground part of a plant, as a rhizome.
4. something resembling or suggesting the root of a plant in position or function.
5. the embedded or basal portion of a hair, tooth, nail, etc.
6. the fundamental or essential part: the root of a matter.
7. the source or origin of a thing: love of money is the root of all evil.
8. the base or point of origin of something.
9. a person or family as the source of offspring or descendants.
10. an offshoot or scion.
11. plural
a. a person's real home and environment: though I've lived in the city for ten years my roots are still in the country.
b. those elements, as personal relationships, a liking for the area, customs, etc., which make a place one's true home: he lived in Darwin for five years but never established any roots there.
12. Mathematics:
a. a quantity which, when multiplied by itself a certain number of times, produces a given quantity: 2 is the square root of 4, the cube root of 8, and the fourth root of 16.
b. a quantity which, when substituted for the unknown quantity in an algebraic equation, satisfies the equation.
13. Linguistics
a. a morpheme which underlies an inflectional paradigm or is used itself as a word or element of a compound. Thus, dance is the root of dancer, dancing. In German, seh is the root of gesehen.
b. such a morpheme as posited for a parent language, such as proto-Indo-European, on the basis of comparison of extant forms in daughter languages.
14. Music:
a. the fundamental note of a chord or of a series of harmonies.
b. the lowest note of a chord when arranged as a series of thirds; the fundamental.
15. Machinery that part of a screw thread which connects adjacent flanks at the bottom of the groove.
16. Colloquial: an act of sexual intercourse.
17. Colloquial: a sexual partner (in contexts where performance, willingness, etc., is evaluated): a good root, an easy root.

Well I'm shocked. Harry Kewel was damn lucky.

Luck or no, I'm glad he'll be playing against the Croats.

Yeah so am I. I would like to see Australia do well in this competition. But I have a sinking feeling, youknow how the old song goes

Deutschland uber alles...

I agree, Steve! If USA or England doesn't win the cup, it would be great to see Deutschland win.

You must be kidding now .

Well of course I would like to see England lift the trophy, but I'm being realistic. Germany have a very strong squad. They look good, they have (apparantly) stopped arguing among themselves...they are at home...and THEY CAN PLAY FOOTBALL. (Now if we had not taught the rest of the world how to play the damn game, we could win the world cup at home every year...like the world Series rounders competition in the US )

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what I was shocked about was the Aussie definition of root, which you missed. The German ref who threatened to end Kewel's world cup is an idiot.

I'd happily root for England given the chance - or for anyone, for that matter...

I cant believe you have never heard this definition Steve.

I thought you were pretending innocence.

Pick up line.............

Boy: Have you ever tripped over a branch?

Girl: No.

Boy: how about a root?

yeah yeah sad isnt it?

What else do you expect from dentist who now earns his money by organising management seminars

(Motto: "Life is taking place today.")

ok thanks...will try it in my local wine bar

Portugal 2 up! Blatant hand ball = penalty. Should he be sent off?

Bloody hell. Sombreros go flying in air!

Never write off the mexicans

poppacetapettleoistic

We qualified, but I'm not happy.

So you would prefer to be happy and mexico not qualify?

That's really sad:



(from today's Evening Standard, late West End Final)

I understand el_pohl.
We were expecting a better showing by the team.
Today they showed guts, but as usual they miss too many clear goal oportunities.

As in England and several other countries, we crunch the coach.
IMHO, Lavolpe is an ass-hole.

For example, today he started "Maza" Rodríguez.
You bet el_pohl and Pantalones like Maza, he plays for their team... but they were scared sh¡tless that Lavolpe could call him. He did. And he starts a crucial game. And he misses his mark. Boom, goal by Maniche.
Then Lavolpe puts Marquez as some sort of creative midfielder. Good God, Marquez is one of the best DEFENDERS in Europe. The guy was totally outside the game today (and he practically carried the team on the other 2 games).
Pineda is, mainly a defender from the left side, so his inclusion was logical, but as we really wanted to win, he changes him for somebody more offensive. Who does he choose? "Gringo" Castro, who plays from the right wing and has as much technique as a wrestler. The odd thing is that he has two very good defensive/offensive midfielders who play from the left side: Ramón Morales and the kid Andrés Guardado, who is somebody like England's Walcott.
Bravo played the game of his life against Iran, but today he was his normal self, and why the hell did they let him shoot the PK? Pavel Pardo, Marquez and Pineda are all very good at it. Typical Mexican selfishness: "I wanna be among the top scorers, boss".
Finally, freaking Lavolpe, for the last few minutes, sends in his putative son, Franco, who has no balls, is inflated as hell and has done nothing in the previous games.

We don't want to just go through. We want Mexico to play well, win and be a contender.

After the game agaisnt Angola, everybody in Mexico City looked like had just gone to a funeral. Today it may be similar, but a little smile will show, while people say: "The real tournament starts on Saturday".

Let's hope Lavolpe learned his lesson, realizes Kikín Fonseca should start, makes Morales or Guardado play (thank God Perez will be suspended) and Borgetti is back on time from his injury.