rooting

plural rootings

1. countableuncountableA 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.

   1526, [William Tyndale, transl.], The Newe Testamẽt […] (Tyndale Bible), [Worms, Germany: Peter Schöffer], →OCLC, Mark

2. countableuncountableThe process of forming roots or taking roots.
3. countableuncountableA method of creating a new plant by getting part of an existing plant to form roots.
4. countableuncountableA 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.

5. countableuncountableThe reflex a baby makes when hungry and seeking milk.
6. countableuncountableIn computer security, the act of gaining superuser access to a computer system.

1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of root