Betekenis van:
roots

roots
Zelfstandig naamwoord
    • the condition of belonging to a particular place or group by virtue of social or ethnic or cultural lineage
    "his roots in Texas go back a long way"
    "he went back to Sweden to search for his roots"

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    1. Know your roots.
    2. Carrots and turnips are edible roots.
    3. Pull the plant up by the roots.
    4. The roots of the plant are greedy for water.
    5. The roots of this tree go down deep.
    6. We must focus on building a solid grass-roots movement.
    7. The tree's roots extend deep into the earth.
    8. It's stable because all the roots of this equation are negative.
    9. If you have no food, you got to eat roots and insects in order to survive.
    10. The tree roots have burst through the cement at several points along the sidewalk.
    11. Such languages as Russian, Polish, Czech and Bulgarian have common Slavic roots.
    12. You’ve sworn to me, kid, — so find such a water for me, find it and bring, water my poor roots
    13. Would that the trees might speak on behalf of all things that have roots, and punish those that wrong them!
    14. Bad manners shade imperceptibly into crime: both have their roots in an absence of concern for others.
    15. Philadelphia's nickname, "the City of Brotherly Love," is simply a translation from the Greek roots of the city's name.