Scrabble?! ROOTS

Definitions of ROOTS in various dictionaries:

noun - the condition of belonging to a particular place or group by virtue of social or ethnic or cultural lineage

noun - (botany) the usually underground organ that lacks buds or leaves or nodes

noun - the place where something begins, where it springs into being

noun - (linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed

noun - a number that, when multiplied by itself some number of times, equals a given number

noun - the set of values that give a true statement when substituted into an equation

noun - someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent)

noun - a simple form inferred as the common basis from which related words in several languages can be derived by linguistic processes

noun - the part of a tooth that is embedded in the jaw and serves as support

verb - take root and begin to grow

verb - come into existence, originate

verb - plant by the roots

verb - dig with the snout

verb - become settled or established and stable in one's residence or life style

verb - cause to take roots

verb - to put forth a root (an underground portion of a plant)