# rooted

Pronunciation: say "ROO-tid" /ˈɹuːtɪd/

## Adjective

1. Having something as its origin or underlying basis.
   - Simple: Coming from or based on something deeper, like an idea or feeling.
   - _Many of their customs are deeply rooted in local history._
   - _His optimism was rooted in a lifetime of small victories._
2. Fixed firmly in one position; immobile and unable to move.
   - Simple: Stuck in one place and not able to move.
   - _The hikers stood rooted to the trail as the deer crossed in front of them._
   - _Frozen with shock, she remained rooted where she stood._
3. Having roots, or roots of a particular kind.
   - Simple: Having roots that grow down into the ground.
   - _Deeply rooted shrubs survive drought far better than shallow ones._
   - _These weeds are so firmly rooted that pulling them is nearly hopeless._
4. Firmly fixed through repeated use; deeply established, habitual, or instinctive.
   - Simple: Fixed deeply through long habit, and very hard to change.
   - _Prejudice can become rooted over many generations._
   - _His distrust of strangers was so rooted that no reassurance helped._
6. Broken, damaged, or no longer working. *(slang, Australia, New Zealand)*
   - Simple: Broken and no longer working.
   - _The washing machine's rooted, so we'll have to buy a new one._
   - _After the storm the back fence was completely rooted._
7. In serious trouble or difficulty; done for. *(slang)*
   - Simple: In big trouble, with no easy way out.
   - _If the boss finds out about this, we're absolutely rooted._
   - _The business was rooted once its main client walked away._
8. Having a single designated node marked as the root, as in a tree or graph.
   - Simple: Having one special starting point chosen out of all the points.
   - _A rooted tree designates one vertex as its starting point._
   - _Algorithms on rooted graphs traverse outward from the chosen root._
9. Compromised through unauthorized access to the system's superuser (root) account.
   - Simple: Taken over by an attacker who now controls the whole system.
   - _Security found that several rooted machines were leaking data to an outside server._
   - _Once a system is rooted, the intruder has the same access as the administrator._

## Verb

5. Simple past and past participle of root. — simple past and past participle of root
   - Simple: Simple past and past participle of root. Use this form for something that already happened.
   - _The pigs rooted in the soft mud for hours._
   - _She has always rooted for the underdog._

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/rooted (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).