Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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cradle | Yes | No | Yes | No |
root | Yes | No | Yes | No |
cradle (noun) | root (noun) |
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a baby bed with sides and rockers | the embedded part of a bodily structure such as a tooth, nail, or hair |
a trough that can be rocked back and forth; used by gold miners to shake auriferous earth in water in order to separate the gold | (linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed |
where something originated or was nurtured in its early existence | a simple form inferred as the common basis from which related words in several languages can be derived by linguistic processes |
birth of a person | the set of values that give a true statement when substituted into an equation |
the place where something begins, where it springs into being | |
someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent) | |
(botany) the usually underground organ that lacks buds or leaves or nodes; absorbs water and mineral salts; usually it anchors the plant to the ground | |
a number that, when multiplied by itself some number of times, equals a given number |
cradle (verb) | root (verb) |
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run with the stick | take root and begin to grow |
hold gently and carefully | cause to take roots |
wash in a cradle | become settled or established and stable in one's residence or life style |
cut grain with a cradle scythe | dig with the snout |
hold or place in or as if in a cradle | plant by the roots |
bring up from infancy | cheer for |
come into existence, originate |