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Rooted

//ˈɹuːtɪd// adj, verb, slang

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Having roots, or a certain type of roots.

    "deep-rooted"

  2. 2
    Fixed in one position; immobile; unable to move.

    "She stayed rooted in place."

  3. 3
    Ingrained, as through repeated use; entrenched; habitual or instinctive. figuratively

    "1782 May, Isaac Kimber, Edward Kimber (editors), The Link-Boy, The London Magazine, or, Gentleman′s Monthly Intelligencer, Volume 51, page 205, He will immediately break in on their moſt rooted prejudices ; and with a kind of malignant ſatisfaction hack their darling notions with unſparing rigour and unbluſhing inſolence."

  4. 4
    Having a basic or fundamental connection (to a thing); based, originating (from). figuratively, usually

    "Proper Philadelphians, especially before they became Episcopalians, and the unfashionable branches of their families to this day are surely more rooted in Westtown than St. Paul′s, the fashionable favorite."

  5. 5
    Having a root.
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  1. 6
    In trouble or in strife, screwed. slang

    "I am absolutely rooted if Ferris finds out about this"

  2. 7
    Broken, damaged, non-functional. Australia, New-Zealand, slang

    "I'm going to have to call a mechanic, my car's rooted."

  3. 8
    Having a root (superuser) account that has been compromised. not-comparable

    "You are rooted. All your base are belong to us."

Adjective
  1. 1
    absolutely still wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    simple past and past participle of root form-of, participle, past

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