rooting

noun

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Etymology: From Middle English rotynge (“rooting”); equivalent to root + -ing.

A system of roots; a secure attachment (in something); a firm grounding.
“as sone as the sun was uppe it caught heet: and because it had nott rotynge it wyddred awaye.”
The process of forming roots or taking 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.
“These rootings may be as deep as two and a half feet, depending on how large a pig has been working.”
The reflex a baby makes when hungry and seeking milk.
In computer security, the act of gaining superuser access to a computer system.

Etymology: From Middle English rotynge (“rooting”); equivalent to root + -ing.