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rooting

4.1

When a plant makes new parts under the soil to hold it and take water

noun
/ˈruːtɪŋ/

Specialized

: enraizamiento

So I'm gonna slide this one out of the pot and see the roots underneath already.

Examples

So I'm going to break up some of these roots and we're going to go in and transplant into the system.
After a few weeks of care, the cutting began rooting and showed signs of new growth.
So it will begin to form roots and it will actually slow down growth.
I'm telling you what that is one week's worth of root growth right there.
It just means he's got a wee bit more room for his roots and he's not just dying.
And what it'll do is it will spread underground root sprouts and then animals will disperse the seeds as well.
The rooting of the new plant took longer than expected, but it eventually developed strong roots.
Successful rooting is essential for the plant to absorb water and nutrients from the soil.

Antonyms

detachment

4 6.1

The act of separating something from the thing it is connected to

Compounds

rooting interest

1 6.5

A feeling of wanting a team, person, or cause to win because you care about them

rooting reflex

Specialized

6.4

An automatic movement when someone touches a baby's cheek that makes them turn and open their mouth

How Rooted

rooting

Specialized

4.1

rootlessness

Specialized

8.1

Surface Forms

rooting singular

rootings plural

Morphology

rooting = root (transparent) = root + ing

Standard verb -> -ing nominal/gerund formation describing the process of taking root, so the meaning is directly derived from 'root'.

Etymology

Rooting comes from the simple word root, which means 'the part of a plant that grows underground and holds the plant in place'. So rooting is the process of a plant or cutting making roots and beginning to grow.