rooting
rooting is a polysyllabic word with 2 syllables. Using the Knuth-Liang algorithm, we calculated the hyphenation for the word you’ve entered. However, this hyphenation has not been verified against authoritative sources and may be approximate. This is because the algorithm relies on pre-defined patterns that may not cover all exceptions, contextual variations, or irregular spellings. We are working to verify hyphenations against trusted sources to ensure greater accuracy. For now, rooting is hyphenated as:
Definitions ofrooting
- To grow roots; to enter the earth, as roots; to take root and begin to grow.
Example: "The cuttings are starting to root."
- To prepare, oversee, or otherwise cause the rooting of cuttings
Example: "We rooted some cuttings last summer."
- 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.
Synonyms: jailbreak
Example: "I want to root my Android phone so I can remove the preinstalled crapware."
- To turn up or dig with the snout.
Example: "A pig roots the earth for truffles."
- (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.
Synonyms: "dig out", "root out", rummage
Example: "rooting about in a junk-filled drawer"
- 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.)
Synonyms: barrack, "cheer on"
Example: "I'm rooting for you, don't let me down!"
- 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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