"root" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

root sustantivo

sustantivo + root
Kolokacji: 51
tree root • grass root • plant root • family root • root of one's hair • celery root • ...
root + sustantivo
Kolokacji: 56
root cause • root system • root vegetable • root beer • root canal • roots music • root word • root cellar • ...
root + verbo
Kolokacji: 43
root goes • root lies • root grows • root lays • root begins • ...
(2) lie, predate
Kolokacji: 2
(5) date, provide
Kolokacji: 2
(6) mean, stem
Kolokacji: 2
(7) trace, show, say
Kolokacji: 3
(8) anchor, dangle
Kolokacji: 2
1. root anchors = zasadnicze ostoje root anchors
2. root dangling = pierwotne wymachiwanie root dangling
  • It grew wedged in a fork of the trees, its roots dangling in the air to trap what nourishment they could from the mists.
  • Dead trees lay on the shore like stiffened corpses, shriveled roots dangling in the air.
  • During the flood season they float well above the sandy river bed with roots dangling free in the water.
  • A high wooded bank, with exposed roots dangling from the underside where a swift current had once undercut, beckoned from the other side of the vacated channel.
  • One of the most striking tests took place in 1995 in a small pond within sight of the Chernobyl nuclear power plants in Ukraine, where sunflowers were grown on Styrofoam rafts with their roots dangling in the water.
  • Some plants even lived in the high foliage entirely, with their roots dangling in the air below.
  • Neelix was hurrying to their side, a long reddish root dangling from one hand.
  • Tenoctris caught a root dangling beneath the bluff's overhang and drew herself up.
  • The central woman grasping the branch of a tree is an ancient Indian symbol of fertility, but the cordlike roots dangling below her body seem to cripple rather than sustain her.
(9) protrude, sprout
Kolokacji: 2
verbo + root
Kolokacji: 49
take root • trace one's roots • return to one's roots • find one's roots • go to one's roots • put down roots • ...
adjetivo + root
Kolokacji: 167
deep root • square root • historical root • strong root • cultural root • Jewish root • African root • common root • ...
preposición + root
Kolokacji: 22
with roots • of roots • to one's roots • from one's roots • about one's roots • ...

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