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Antonyms for rooting

Grammar : Verb
Spell : root, roo t
Phonetic Transcription : rut, rÊŠt

Definition of rooting

Origin :
  • "underground part of a plant," late Old English rot, from a Scandinavian source akin to Old Norse rot "root," figuratively "cause, origin," from Proto-Germanic *wrot (cf. Old English wyrt "root, herb, plant," Old High German wurz, German Wurz "a plant," Gothic waurts "a root," with characteristic Scandinavian loss of -w- before -r-), from PIE *wrad- (see radish (n.), and cf. wort). The usual Old English words for "root" were wyrttruma and wyrtwala.
  • Figurative use is from c.1200. Of teeth, hair, etc., from early 13c. Mathematical sense is from 1550s. Philological sense from 1520s. Slang meaning "penis" is recorded from 1846. In U.S. black use, "a spell effected by magical properties of roots," 1935. To take root is from 1530s. Root beer, made from the extracts of various roots, first recorded 1841, American English; root doctor is from 1821. Root cap is from 1875.
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Example sentences :
  • The rooting of cuttings is an interesting task to all who are fond of flowers.
  • Extract from : « Agriculture for Beginners » by Charles William Burkett
  • There were people about, rooting through the debris, or patrolling in groups.
  • Extract from : « Victory » by Lester del Rey
  • Every prince in Europe is interested in rooting them out by fire and sword.
  • Extract from : « Imaginary Conversations and Poems » by Walter Savage Landor
  • "Not only cutting down, but rooting up," said Mr. Fothergill.
  • Extract from : « Framley Parsonage » by Anthony Trollope
  • At school he was always at it, plucking it out, and rooting it up.
  • Extract from : « The Immortal » by Alphonse Daudet
  • What ideas, what desires are rooting themselves in these young souls?
  • Extract from : « The Expositor's Bible: The Epistle to the Galatians » by G. G. Findlay
  • It is, however, difficult of propagation, rooting with difficulty.
  • Extract from : « Talks about Flowers. » by M. D. Wellcome
  • Then, relenting, she showed him how to clean himself by rooting in the earth.
  • Extract from : « Jim » by Charles G. D. Roberts
  • The boys are all rooting for you to get back into harness again.
  • Extract from : « Baseball Joe, Home Run King » by Lester Chadwick
  • I thought that like most New Yorkers youd be rooting for him to win.
  • Extract from : « Baseball Joe in the World Series » by Lester Chadwick

Synonyms for rooting

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