Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. People or society at a local level rather than at the center of major political activity. Often used with the.
- n. The groundwork or source of something.
Wiktionary
- n. idiomatic People and society at the local level rather than at the national centre of political activity
- n. The essential foundation or source of something
WordNet 3.0
- n. the essential foundation or source
- n. the common people at a local level (as distinguished from the centers of political activity)
Examples
“You struck a new land in pioneer days, and you picked up money like a lot of sailors shaking out nuggets from the grass roots in”
“Mission-oriented at the grass roots and supported by enlightened leadership from the head offices at AirLant and AirPac, the F-8 squadrons lived and dreamed fighter combat.”
“From the grass roots down," he muttered in an awestricken voice, as he swung his pick into the yielding surface.”
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