Root vs Leave - What's the difference?
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The part of a plant, generally underground, that absorbs water and nutrients.
A root vegetable.
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The part of a tooth extending into the bone holding the tooth in place.
The part of a hair under the skin that holds the hair in place.
The part of a hair near the skin that has not been dyed, permed, or otherwise treated.
The primary source; origin.
* John Locke
(arithmetic) Of a number or expression, a number which, when raised to a specified power, yields the specified number or expression.
(arithmetic) A square root (understood if no power is specified; in which case, “the root of” is often abbreviated to “root”).
(analysis) A zero (of a function).
(graph theory, computing) The single node of a tree that has no parent.
(linguistic morphology) 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.
(philology) A word from which another word or words are derived.
(music) The fundamental tone of any chord; the tone from whose harmonics, or overtones, a chord is composed.
The lowest place, position, or part.
* Milton
* Southey
(computing) 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.
(computing) The person who manages accounts on a UNIX system.
(computing) The highest directory of a directory structure which may contain both files and subdirectories. (rfex)
(computing, slang, transitive) To break into a computer system and obtain root access.
To fix the root; to enter the earth, as roots; to take root and begin to grow.
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To be firmly fixed; to be established.
* Bishop Fell
To turn up or dig with the snout.
(by extension) To seek favour or advancement by low arts or grovelling servility; to fawn.
To rummage, to search as if by digging in soil.
To root out; to abolish.
* Shakespeare
* Bible, Deuteronomy xxix. 28
(Australia, New Zealand, vulgar, slang) To have sexual intercourse.
(Australia, New Zealand, vulgar, slang) An act of sexual intercourse.
(Australia, New Zealand, vulgar, slang) A sexual partner.
(intransitive, with for, US) To cheer to show support for.
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(US) To hope for the success of. Rendered as 'root for'.
To have a consequence or remnant.
#To cause or allow (something) to remain as available; to refrain from taking (something) away; to stop short of consuming or otherwise depleting (something) entirely.
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#*:The foot / That leaves the print of blood where'er it walks.
(lb) To depart; to separate from.
#To let be or do without interference.
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#(lb) To depart from; to end one's connection or affiliation with.
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#(lb) To end one's membership in (a group); to terminate one's affiliation with (an organization); to stop participating in (a project).
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#(lb) To depart; to go away from a certain place or state.
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(lb) To transfer something.
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#(lb) To give (something) to someone; to deliver (something) to a repository; to deposit.
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#(lb) To transfer responsibility or attention of (something) (to someone); to stop being concerned with.
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To remain (behind); to stay.
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*:Carried somehow, somewhither, for some reason, on these surging floods, were these travelers,. Even such a boat as the Mount Vernon offered a total deck space so cramped as to leave secrecy or privacy well out of the question, even had the motley and democratic assemblage of passengers been disposed to accord either.
To stop, desist from; to "leave off" (+ noun / gerund).
*1526 , (William Tyndale), trans. Bible , (w) V:
*:When he had leeft speakynge, he sayde vnto Simon: Cary vs into the depe, and lett slippe thy nette to make a draught.
*(Alexander Pope) (1688-1744)
*:Now leave complaining and begin your tea.
(cricket) The action of the batsman not attempting to play at the ball.
(billiards) The arrangement of balls in play that remains after a shot is made (which determines whether the next shooter — who may be either the same player, or an opponent — has good options, or only poor ones).
* 1890 February 27,
Permission to be absent; time away from one's work.
(senseid)(dated, or, legal) Permission.
(dated) Farewell, departure.
To give leave to; allow; permit; let; grant.
(rare) To produce leaves or foliage.Oxford English Dictionary , 2nd ed.
* 1868 , , The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám , 2nd edition:
(obsolete) To raise; to levy.
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In lang=en terms the difference between root and leave
is that root is the fundamental tone of any chord; the tone from whose harmonics, or overtones, a chord is composed while leave is farewell, departure.In transitive terms the difference between root and leave
is that root is to root out; to abolish while leave is to give leave to; allow; permit; let; grant.In intransitive terms the difference between root and leave
is that root is to rummage, to search as if by digging in soil while leave is to depart; to go away from a certain place or state.As nouns the difference between root and leave
is that root is the part of a plant, generally underground, that absorbs water and nutrients while leave is the action of the batsman not attempting to play at the ball.As verbs the difference between root and leave
is that root is to break into a computer system and obtain root access while leave is To have a consequence or remnant.As a proper noun Root
is {{surname|lang=en}.root
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) ; cognate with wort and radix.Noun
(en noun)- This tree's roots can go as deep as twenty metres underground.
- two fields which should have been sown with roots in the early summer were not sown because the ploughing had not been completed early enough.
- Root damage is a common problem of overbrushing.
- The root is the only part of the hair that is alive.
- He dyed his hair black last month, so the grey roots can be seen.
- The love of money is the root of all evil.
- They were the roots out of which sprang two distinct people.
- The cube root of 27 is 3.
- Multiply by root 2.
- (Busby)
- deep to the roots of hell
- the roots of the mountains
Synonyms
* (source) basis, origin, source * (zero of a function) zero * (word from which another is derived) etymon * superuser (), root account, root userAntonyms
* (zero of a function) poleHolonyms
* (zero of a function) kernelDerived terms
* cube root * functional root * put down roots * root canal * root cause * rootkit * roots * roots music * rootsy * square root * strictly roots * take root * taproot * root gapVerb
(en verb)- We rooted his box and planted a virus on it.
- In deep grounds the weeds root deeper.
- If any irregularity chanced to intervene and to cause misapprehensions, he gave them not leave to root and fasten by concealment.
See also
* (linguistics) stemEtymology 2
From (etyl) . Cognate with rodent. Cognate with Dutch wroeten.Verb
(en verb)- A pig roots the earth for truffles.
- rooting about in a junk-filled drawer
- I will go root away the noisome weeds.
- The Lord rooted them out of their land and cast them into another land.
Usage notes
* The Australian/New Zealand sexual sense is somewhat milder than fuck but still quite coarse, certainly not for polite conversation. The sexual sense will often be understood, unless care is taken with the context to make the rummage sense clear, or 'root through' or 'root around' is used. The past participle rooted'' is equivalent to ''fucked'' in the figurative sense of broken or tired, but ''rooting'' is only the direct verbal sense, not an all-purpose intensive like ''fucking .Synonyms
* (rummage) dig out, root out, rummage * (have sexual intercourse) screw, bang, drill (US), shag (British) - See alsoDerived terms
* root about * rooted * root out * root upNoun
(en noun)- Fancy a root ?
Usage notes
* The Australian/New Zealand sexual sense of root'' is somewhat milder than ''fuck'' but still quite coarse, certainly not for polite conversation. The normal usage is ''to have a root or similar.Synonyms
* (act of sexual intercourse) screw (qualifier), shag (UK); see also * (sexual partner) screw (US)Etymology 3
Possibly an alteration of , influenced by hootVerb
(en verb)- Let me root', '''root''', ' root for the home team,
- I'm rooting for you, don't let me down!
Synonyms
* (cheer) barrack (qualifier), cheer onAnagrams
* ----leave
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) leven, from (etyl) (whence Danish levne). More at .Verb
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The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=The slightest effort made the patient cough. He would stand leaning on a stick and holding a hand to his side, and when the paroxysm had passed it left him shaking.}}
Out of the gloom, passage=[Rural solar plant] schemes are of little help to industry or other heavy users of electricity. Nor is solar power yet as cheap as the grid. For all that, the rapid arrival of electric light to Indian villages is long overdue. When the national grid suffers its next huge outage, as it did in July 2012 when hundreds of millions were left in the dark, look for specks of light in the villages.}}
Derived terms
* beleave * forleave * leave behind * leave for dead * leave no stone unturned * leave nothing in the tank * leave someone hanging * leave someone high and dry * leave someone holding the bag * leave off * leave out * leave in the lurch * leave well enough alone * not leave one's thought * overleave * up and leaveNoun
(en noun)"Slosson's Close Shave"], in [[w:New York Times, The New York Times]:
- Having counted 38 points he tried a beautiful out of the corner, hit the first ball just a trife too hard and kissed his own ball off just when victory seemed to be his. The leave was unfortunate for Ives. Slosson played brilliantly and ran the game out, a close winner, with 22 points.
Etymology 2
From (etyl) leve, from (etyl) . Related to (etyl) verlof, (etyl) Erlaubnis. See also (l).Noun
(-)- I've been given three weeks' leave by my boss.
- Might I beg leave to accompany you?
- The applicant now seeks leave to appeal and, if leave be granted, to appeal against these sentences.
- I took my leave of the gentleman without a backward glance.
Derived terms
* administrative leave * annual leave * by your leave * compassionate leave * leave of absence * maternity leave * on leave * parental leave * paternity leave * shore leave * sick leave * take French leave * take leave * ticket-of-leaveEtymology 3
From (etyl) leven, from (etyl) .Verb
Etymology 4
From (etyl) leven, from . More at (l).Verb
- Each Morn a thousand Roses brings, you say:
- Yes, but where leaves the Rose of Yesterday?
Synonyms
* leaf (verb)Etymology 5
See levy.Verb
- An army strong she leaved .