Find and Root

Find

Find verb - To come upon after searching, study, or effort.

Usage example: we finally found the information after searching dozens of Internet sites

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Root and find are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Root" instead a verb "Find".

Nearby Words: finding, finder

Root verb - To set solidly in or as if in surrounding matter.

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Find and root are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Find" instead a verb "Root".

Nearby Words: rooted, rootless, rooter, rooting, rootlet

special	special find	special root
common	common find	common root
true	true find	true root
actual	actual find	actual root
Other adjectives: mobile, fantastic, last.

Oh, and they're called "mustelid" for a reason; that word shares a root with "musk", and indeed they do have an odor, which some find pleasant and others find intolerable.

Source: Weasel Mascot
He might be on to something, though - he calculates the digital root for the date to find 9, and if you do the same to his birthday, you also find 9.

Source: Literature / House of Leaves
So you need to find the square root of a number, but you have one of those cheap calculators that don't have a square root function, or maybe you don't have a calculator.

Source: Trivia / Math

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