rooted

1. 1
   adjectivefiguratively

   Coming from or based on something deeper, like an idea or feeling.

   Like a plant that grows up from a seed buried deep in the soil.

   Her fear of dogs is rooted in a bad childhood experience.

   The whole problem is rooted in one simple mistake.

   Similargrounded, based, founded, anchored, embedded

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2. 2
   adjective

   Stuck in one place and not able to move.

   Like a tree that cannot walk away from where it grows.

   She stood rooted to the spot when she heard the news.

   He was rooted in place, too scared to take a single step.

   Similarfrozen, transfixed, motionless, immobile

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3. 3
   adjective

   Having roots that grow down into the ground.

   The young tree is well rooted in its new pot now.

   Firmly rooted plants can stand up to strong winds.

   Similarestablished, anchored, embedded

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4. 4
   adjectivefiguratively

   Fixed deeply through long habit, and very hard to change.

   Like an old tree whose roots go too deep to pull out.

   Her habits are so deeply rooted that change feels impossible.

   Bad routines get deeply rooted if you repeat them every day.

   Similaringrained, deep-seated, established, embedded, inveterate

   Oppositesuperficial

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5. 5
   verb

   Simple past and past participle of root. Use this form for something that already happened.

   The dog rooted through the trash for food scraps.

   The crowd rooted for the home team all night.

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6. 6
   adjectiveslangAustraliaNew Zealand

   Broken and no longer working.

   Like a toy that snaps in half and can never be fixed.

   My phone is totally rooted after I dropped it in the water.

   The old car is rooted and won't start anymore.

   Similarbroken, stuffed, wrecked, busted, kaput

   Oppositeworking

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7. 7
   adjectiveslang

   In big trouble, with no easy way out.

   Like being stuck in deep mud with no way to climb out.

   If we miss the last bus home, we're rooted.

   Without his help, the whole team is rooted.

   Similarstuffed, screwed, done, finished, doomed

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8. 8
   adjective

   Having one special starting point chosen out of all the points.

   Like a family tree that starts from one person at the very top.

   A rooted tree has one point at the top that everything else connects from.

   In a rooted diagram, you always begin counting from the same point.

   Oppositeunrooted

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   adjective

   Taken over by an attacker who now controls the whole system.

   Like a thief getting the master key to every door in a building.

   After the attack, the company's servers were rooted and out of their control.

   A rooted computer gives a hacker full power over everything on it.

   Similarcompromised

   Oppositesecure

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