ROOTING
Definition of ROOTING
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To grow roots; to enter the earth, as roots; to take root and begin to grow.
"The cuttings are starting to root."
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To prepare, oversee, or otherwise cause the rooting of cuttings
"We rooted some cuttings last summer."
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To be firmly fixed; to be established.
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To turn up or dig with the snout.
"A pig roots the earth for truffles."
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(by extension) To seek favour or advancement by low arts or grovelling servility; to fawn.
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To rummage; to search as if by digging in soil.
"rooting about in a junk-filled drawer"
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(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!"
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A system of roots; a secure attachment (in something); a firm grounding.
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The process of forming roots.
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A method of creating a new plant by getting part of an existing plant to form roots.
Source: Wiktionary