Rooted - English meaning

adjective

Strongly felt or believed and very difficult to change or get rid of

Usage examples:

A deep-seated faith in god

adjective

(of an object) fixed firmly and deeply in a surrounding mass; implanted.

Usage examples:

A gold ring with nine embedded stones

verb

Fix (an object) firmly and deeply in a surrounding mass.

Usage examples:

He had an operation to remove a nail embedded in his chest

adjective

Existing or firmly attached within something or under a surface

Usage examples:

A threat is embedded in the language of the statement.

adjective

(of an attitude, habit, or belief) firmly established and difficult or unlikely to change; ingrained.

Usage examples:

An entrenched resistance to change

verb

Establish (an attitude, habit, or belief) so firmly that change is very difficult or unlikely.

Usage examples:

Ageism is entrenched in our society

adjective

Established firmly so that it cannot be changed

Usage examples:

An entrenched bureaucracy stalled gorbachev’s efforts to modernize soviet society.

adjective

Fastened securely in position.

Usage examples:

A fixed iron ladder down the port side

verb

Fasten (something) securely in a particular place or position.

Usage examples:

They had candles fixed to their helmets

adjective

Not changing

Usage examples:

A fixed stare, a fixed address, she stared fixedly at the screen.

verb

Insert or fix (tissue or an artificial object) in a person's body, especially by surgery.

Usage examples:

Electrodes had been implanted in his brain

noun

A thing implanted in something else, especially a piece of tissue, prosthetic device, or other object implanted in the body.

Usage examples:

A silicone breast implant

adjective

Unable to be destroyed or removed.

Usage examples:

Ineradicable hostility

adjective

Not able to be removed

Usage examples:

Some experiences in early life have ineradicable effects.

adjective

(of a habit, belief, or attitude) firmly fixed or established; difficult to change.

Usage examples:

His deeply ingrained catholic convictions

verb

Firmly fix or establish (a habit, belief, or attitude) in a person.

Usage examples:

They trivialize the struggle and further ingrain the long-standing attitudes

adjective

(of beliefs, attitudes, or habits) so established that they are difficult to change

Usage examples:

Saying “thank you” became such a deeply ingrained habit that he never forgot to do it.

adjective

Not moving; stationary.

Usage examples:

An eagle hung almost motionless close to the ground

adjective

Not moving

Usage examples:

He looks made of stone, utterly motionless (= completely without movement).

adjective

Without moving

Usage examples:

The horse lay motionless on the ground, as if dead.

noun

A living organism of the kind exemplified by trees, shrubs, herbs, grasses, ferns, and mosses, typically growing in a permanent site, absorbing water and inorganic substances through its roots, and synthesizing nutrients in its leaves by photosynthesis using the green pigment chlorophyll.

Usage examples:

Eventually, it melts to supply water and nutrients to plants and aquatic organisms.

verb

Put (a seed, bulb, or plant) in the ground so that it can grow.

Usage examples:

We planted a lot of fruit trees

verb

Plant (seed) by scattering it on or in the earth.

Usage examples:

Fill a pot with compost and sow a thin layer of seeds on top

noun

An adult female pig, especially one which has farrowed.

Usage examples:

There are ten sows and fifty piglets at the farm

adverb

Without moving; completely still

Usage examples:

He stood stock-still, waiting for them to pass.

adjective

Not moving; still.

Usage examples:

Claudia sat unmoving behind her desk

adjective

Not moving

Usage examples:

His body was still and unmoving, his gaze fixed. he was oblivious to everything else in the world b…