roots
/ (ruːts) /
(of popular music) going back to the origins of a style, esp in being genuine and unpretentious: roots rock
Derived forms of roots
- rootsy, adjective
Words Nearby roots
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
How to use roots in a sentence
To regain their relevancy, Democrats need to go back to their evolutionary roots.
And then, at the close of our conversation, her punk roots reared their head like they had never disappeared.
It is a reasonable assumption, considering his roots in the Republican Party, in the Marines, and his proud Scots-Irish roots.
Hillary Gets a Challenger and He’s a Marine | David Freedlander | November 21, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHe made no bones about his great admiration for FDR, who was his mentor, and he had roots too in the Truman administration.
The roots of the violence can be found in the nearly six decades since Israel conquered Gaza and the West Bank.
Of course, considerations of weight have to be taken into account, but the more mould round the roots the better.
How to Know the Ferns | S. Leonard BastinThe offspring of the ungodly shall not bring forth many branches, and make a noise as unclean roots upon the top of a rock.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version | VariousYet without a large amount of their roots these Ferns can never be satisfactorily established.
How to Know the Ferns | S. Leonard BastinGreat care is necessary when removing the Ferns to do as little damage as possible to the roots.
How to Know the Ferns | S. Leonard BastinFirst of all, wrap a portion of damp newspaper round the roots, and then tie up with dry paper.
How to Know the Ferns | S. Leonard Bastin
Cultural definitions for Roots
(1976) A Pulitzer Prize–winning novel by the African-American author Alex Haley, later made into a popular television drama. It traces a black American man's heritage to Africa, where his ancestors had been captured and sold as slaves.
The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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