1 ~ in sth developing from or being strongly influenced by sth:
His problems are deeply rooted in his childhood experiences.
2 fixed in one place; not moving or changing:
She was rooted to her chair. * Their life is rooted in Chicago now. * Life in the countryside remained firmly rooted in the past. * Racism is still deeply rooted in our society.
seealsoDEEP-ROOTED
IDIOMS
rooted to the spot so frightened or shocked that you cannot move
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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This entry for rooted is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is rooted a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, rooted is tagged as adjective.
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