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rooting::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | development, growing, growth, maturation, ontogenesis, ontogeny |
| Derivation | root |
Examples of rooting
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In this battle of the amoral and the fanatical, there's little rooting interest.
From the time.com
He said that there are probably two reasons why consumers are rooting for Pepsi.
From the forbes.com
Cheryl A. Young is also rooting for DeGeneres on the show despite the naysayers.
From the cnn.com
Schneiderman actually wants to spend more time rooting out political corruption.
From the independent.co.uk
Tim's wife Tracy was in the stands rooting for her son James and stepson Nathan.
From the kentucky.com
He watched the game from his home in Siesta Key, Fla., rooting for the Steelers.
From the post-gazette.com
A few neutral observers might be rooting for Navy's Irish win streak to hit two.
From the dallasnews.com
Colbert joked that, even though he works for Stewart, he wasn't rooting for him.
From the ocregister.com
We find ourselves rooting for Lane despite the many reasons she gives us not to.
From the al.com
- (botany) the usually underground organ that lacks buds or leaves or nodes; absorbs water and mineral salts; usually it anchors the plant to the ground
- Take root and begin to grow; "this plant roots quickly"
- Beginning: the place where something begins, where it springs into being; "the Italian beginning of the Renaissance"; "Jupiter was the origin of the radiation"; "Pittsburgh is the source of the Ohio River"; "communism's Russian root"
- Come into existence, originate; "The problem roots in her depression"
- Plant by the roots
- (linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed; "thematic vowels are part of the stem"
- In vascular plants, the root is the organ of a plant that typically lies below the surface of the soil. This is not always the case, however, since a root can also be aerial (growing above the ground) or aerating (growing up above the ground or especially above water). ...
- ROOT is an object-oriented program and library developed by CERN. It was originally designed for particle physics data analysis and contains several features specific to this field, but it is also commonly used in other applications such as astronomy and data mining.
- Root! is an Australian rock group from Melbourne formed in 2007. Their music combines alt-country, blues and indie rock with elements of spoken word, satire, social commentary and post-modernism. They have gained attention through a band member being a former member of Melbourne band TISM.
