rooting
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle English rotynge (“rooting”); equivalent to root -ing.
Noun
[edit]rooting (countable and uncountable, plural rootings)
- A system of roots; a secure attachment (in something); a firm grounding.
- 1526, [William Tyndale, transl.], The Newe Testamẽt […] (Tyndale Bible), [Worms, Germany: Peter Schöffer], →OCLC, Mark:
- as sone as the sun was uppe it caught heet: and because it had nott rotynge it wyddred awaye.
- The process of forming roots or taking 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.
- These rootings may be as deep as two and a half feet, depending on how large a pig has been working.
- 1968, Gary Douglas E. Joll, Big game hunting in New Zealand, page 209:
- The reflex a baby makes when hungry and seeking milk.
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]The process of forming roots.
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A hole formed by a pig when it roots in the ground.
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Verb
[edit]rooting
- present participle and gerund of root