rooting

A system of roots; a secure attachment (in something); a firm grounding.

Noun

  1. A system of roots; a secure attachment (in something); a firm grounding.
    • as sone as the sun was uppe it caught heet: and because it had nott rotynge it wyddred awaye. - 1526, [William Tyndale, transl.], The Newe Testamẽt […] (Tyndale Bible), [Worms, Germany: Peter Schöffer], →OCLC, Mark:
  2. The process of forming roots or taking roots.
  3. A method of creating a new plant by getting part of an existing plant to form roots.
  4. A hole formed by a pig when it roots in the ground.
    • These rootings may be as deep as two and a half feet, depending on how large a pig has been working.
  5. The reflex a baby makes when hungry and seeking milk.
  6. In computer security, the act of gaining superuser access to a computer system.

Origin

From Middle English rotynge (“rooting”); equivalent to root + -ing.

Forms

rootings

Derived

rooting hormone rooting interest rooting reflex rooting-tooting

Verb

  1. present participle and gerund of root

Related

rooting tooting