Rooted

Quick meaning: Rooted is an adjective meaning Having roots, or a certain type of roots.

Meaning

Having roots, or a certain type of roots.

More Meanings

1. Fixed in one position; immobile; unable to move.
2. (figuratively) Ingrained, as through repeated use; entrenched; habitual or instinctive.
3. (figuratively, usually with "in") Having a basic or fundamental connection (to a thing); based, originating (from).
4. (mathematics, graph theory, of a tree or graph) Having a root.
5. (Australia, New Zealand, slang) Broken, damaged, non-functional.
6. (computing, not comparable) Having a root (superuser) account that has been compromised.
7. (slang) In trouble or in strife, screwed.

Example Sentences

She stayed rooted in place.

With other experiences added on top, the feeling state becomes more entrenched, more rooted.

The greater part of his property he has acquired himself during years of industry ; but with it he has acquired the most rooted habits of suspicion.

Those with fewest attachments or obligations may be most vulnerable to transitions from a more rooted life, before flight, to the new as-yet unrooted or uprooted life.

Synonyms for rooted

Depending on context, synonyms include stock-still, frozen.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include frozen, stock-still, unmoving, nonmoving, turnip, tuberous.

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