rooting

verb

Meaning

To grow roots; to enter the earth, as roots; to take root and begin to grow.
To prepare, oversee, or otherwise cause the rooting of cuttings
To be firmly fixed; to be established.
To get root or priviledged access on a computer system or mobile phone, often through bypassing some security mechanism.
To turn up or dig with the snout.
(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.
To root out; to abolish.
To have sexual intercourse.
(with "for" or "on") To cheer (on); to show support (for) and hope for the success of. (See root for.)
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.
A hole formed by a pig when it roots in the ground.

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