ROOTING
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Definition
verb
- To grow roots; to enter the earth, as roots; to take root and begin to grow.“The cuttings are starting to root.”
- To prepare, oversee, or otherwise cause the rooting of cuttings“We rooted some cuttings last summer.”
- To be firmly fixed; to be established.
verb
- To turn up or dig with the snout.“A pig roots the earth for truffles.”
- (by extension) To seek favour or advancement by low arts or grovelling servility; to fawn.
- To rummage; to search as if by digging in soil.“rooting about in a junk-filled drawer”
verb
- (with "for" or "on") To cheer (on); to show support (for) and hope for the success of. (See root for.)“I'm rooting for you, don't let me down!”
noun
- A system of roots; a secure attachment (in something); a firm grounding.
- The process of forming roots.
- A method of creating a new plant by getting part of an existing plant to form roots.
Source: Wiktionary
