verb
- Take root and begin to grow.
- usage: "this plant roots quickly"
- synonyms: root
- Come into existence, originate.
- usage: "The problem roots in her depression"
- synonyms: root
- Plant by the roots.
- synonyms: root
- Dig with the snout.
- usage: "the pig was rooting for truffles"
- Become settled or established and stable in one's residence or life style.
- usage: "He finally settled down"
- synonyms: settle, root, take root, steady down, settle down
- Cause to take roots.
- synonyms: root
adjective
- Absolutely still.
- usage: "frozen with horror"; "they stood rooted in astonishment"
- synonyms: frozen, stock-still
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