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Rarerooting
The correct spelling is rooting.
How to pronounce rooting
verb
Say it like: Roo-tin-g
The correct spelling is rooting. To grow roots; to enter the earth, as roots; to take root and begin to grow. For example: "The cuttings are starting to root."
Usage Examples
“The cuttings are starting to root.”
“We rooted some cuttings last summer.”
“I want to root my Android phone so I can remove the preinstalled crapware.”
Meanings
verb
- 1.To grow roots; to enter the earth, as roots; to take root and begin to grow.
- 2.To prepare, oversee, or otherwise cause the rooting of cuttings
- 3.To be firmly fixed; to be established.
- 4.To get root or priviledged access on a computer system or mobile phone, often through bypassing some security mechanism.
- 5.To turn up or dig with the snout.
noun
- 1.A system of roots; a secure attachment (in something); a firm grounding.
- 2.The process of forming 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.
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