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  {
    "word": "root",
    "phonetic": "/\u0279u\u02d0t/",
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        "text": "/\u0279u\u02d0t/",
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    "meanings": [
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "noun",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "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.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "This tree's roots can go as deep as twenty metres underground."
          },
          {
            "definition": "A root vegetable.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "The part of a tooth extending into the bone holding the tooth in place.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "Root damage is a common problem of overbrushing."
          },
          {
            "definition": "The part of a hair under the skin that holds the hair in place.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "The root is the only part of the hair that is alive."
          },
          {
            "definition": "The part of a hair near the skin that has not been dyed, permed, or otherwise treated.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "He dyed his hair black last month, so the grey roots can be seen."
          },
          {
            "definition": "The primary source; origin.",
            "synonyms": [
              "basis",
              "origin",
              "source"
            ],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "The love of money is the root of all evil."
          },
          {
            "definition": "Of a number or expression, a number which, when raised to a specified power, yields the specified number or expression.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "The cube root of 27 is 3."
          },
          {
            "definition": "A square root (understood if no power is specified; in which case, \u201cthe root of\u201d is often abbreviated to \u201croot\u201d).",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "Multiply by root 2."
          },
          {
            "definition": "A zero (of an equation).",
            "synonyms": [
              "zero"
            ],
            "antonyms": [
              "pole"
            ]
          },
          {
            "definition": "The single node of a tree that has no parent.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "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.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "(philology) A word from which another word or words are derived.",
            "synonyms": [
              "etymon"
            ],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "The fundamental tone of any chord; the tone from whose harmonics, or overtones, a chord is composed.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "The lowest place, position, or part.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "In UNIX terminology, the first user account with complete access to the operating system and its configuration, found at the root of the directory structure; the person who manages accounts on a UNIX system.",
            "synonyms": [
              "root account",
              "root user",
              "superuser"
            ],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "I have to log in as root before I do that."
          },
          {
            "definition": "The highest directory of a directory structure which may contain both files and subdirectories.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "I installed the files in the root directory."
          },
          {
            "definition": "A penis, especially the base of a penis.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [
          "basis",
          "origin",
          "source",
          "etymon",
          "root account",
          "root user",
          "superuser",
          "zero"
        ],
        "antonyms": [
          "pole"
        ]
      },
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "verb",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "To grow roots; to enter the earth, as roots; to take root and begin to grow.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "The cuttings are starting to root."
          },
          {
            "definition": "To prepare, oversee, or otherwise cause the rooting of cuttings",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "We rooted some cuttings last summer."
          },
          {
            "definition": "To be firmly fixed; to be established.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "To get root or priviledged access on a computer system or mobile phone, often through bypassing some security mechanism.",
            "synonyms": [
              "jailbreak"
            ],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "I want to root my Android phone so I can remove the preinstalled crapware."
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [
          "jailbreak"
        ],
        "antonyms": []
      }
    ],
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  },
  {
    "word": "root",
    "phonetic": "/\u0279u\u02d0t/",
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    "meanings": [
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "noun",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "An act of sexual intercourse.",
            "synonyms": [
              "screw",
              "shag"
            ],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "Fancy a root?"
          },
          {
            "definition": "A sexual partner.",
            "synonyms": [
              "screw"
            ],
            "antonyms": []
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [
          "screw",
          "screw",
          "shag"
        ],
        "antonyms": []
      },
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "verb",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "To turn up or dig with the snout.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "A pig roots the earth for truffles."
          },
          {
            "definition": "(by extension) To seek favour or advancement by low arts or grovelling servility; to fawn.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "To rummage; to search as if by digging in soil.",
            "synonyms": [
              "dig out",
              "root out",
              "rummage"
            ],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "rooting about in a junk-filled drawer"
          },
          {
            "definition": "To root out; to abolish.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "To have sexual intercourse.",
            "synonyms": [
              "bang",
              "drill",
              "screw",
              "shag"
            ],
            "antonyms": []
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [
          "bang",
          "drill",
          "screw",
          "shag",
          "dig out",
          "root out",
          "rummage"
        ],
        "antonyms": []
      }
    ],
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    "word": "root",
    "phonetic": "/\u0279u\u02d0t/",
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    ],
    "meanings": [
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "verb",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "(with \"for\" or \"on\") To cheer (on); to show support (for) and hope for the success of. (See root for.)",
            "synonyms": [
              "barrack",
              "cheer on"
            ],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "I'm rooting for you, don't let me down!"
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [
          "barrack",
          "cheer on"
        ],
        "antonyms": []
      }
    ],
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