rooting
English
Etymology
From Middle English rotynge (“rooting”); equivalent to root + -ing.
Noun
rooting (countable and uncountable, plural rootings)
- A system of roots; a secure attachment (in something); a firm grounding.
- 1526, William Tyndale, trans. Bible, Mark IV:
- as sone as the sun was uppe it caught heet: and because it had nott rotynge it wyddred awaye.
- 1526, William Tyndale, trans. Bible, Mark IV:
- 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.
- 1968, Gary Douglas E. Joll, Big game hunting in New Zealand (page 209)
- 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)
Translations
The process of forming roots.
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Verb
rooting