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Rooted   /rˈutəd/  /rˈutɪd/   Listen
Rooted

adjective
1.
Absolutely still.  Synonyms: frozen, stock-still.  "They stood rooted in astonishment"



Root

verb
(past & past part. rooted; pres. part. rooting)
1.
Take root and begin to grow.
2.
Come into existence, originate.
3.
Plant by the roots.
4.
Dig with the snout.  Synonyms: rootle, rout.
5.
Become settled or established and stable in one's residence or life style.  Synonyms: settle, settle down, steady down, take root.
6.
Cause to take roots.



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"Rooted" Quotes from Famous Books



... her apron full of flowers with her left hand, Proserpina seized the large shrub with the other, and pulled and pulled, but was hardly able to loosen the soil about its roots. What a deep-rooted plant it was! Again the girl pulled with all her might, and observed that the earth began to stir and crack to some distance around the stem. She gave another pull, but relaxed her hold, fancying that there was a rumbling sound right beneath her feet. Did the roots extend down into some enchanted ...
— Myths That Every Child Should Know - A Selection Of The Classic Myths Of All Times For Young People • Various

... pensive look at the distant prospect of hill and dale, river and lake, in the midst of which she dwelt; but the young man could as easily have leaped over Stanley's villa, farm and all, as have taken these two steps. He essayed to do so; but he was rooted to the ground as firmly as the noble trees under which he stood. At length, by a great effort, he managed to crawl—if we may so express it—to within a few yards of the bower, from which he was now concealed only by a few bushes; but just as he had screwed up his soul to the sticking point, ...
— Ungava • R.M. Ballantyne

... clasp, From seaweed fringe to mountain heather, The British oak with rooted grasp Her slender handful holds together, With cliffs of white and bowers of green, And ocean narrowing to caress her, And hills and threaded streams between, Our little ...
— Story of My Life • Helen Keller

... sailors—you know—good English tobacco.' At the door of the pilot-house he turned round—' I say, haven't you a pair of shoes you could spare?' He raised one leg. 'Look.' The soles were tied with knotted strings sandal-wise under his bare feet. I rooted out an old pair, at which he looked with admiration before tucking it under his left arm. One of his pockets (bright red) was bulging with cartridges, from the other (dark blue) peeped 'Towson's Inquiry,' &c., ...
— Heart of Darkness • Joseph Conrad

... incredulously. About a corner of the barn, coming out into the bright moonlight, leading his own horse and her own, was Buck Thornton. She was so certain that he had gone! For the instant she could not move but stood powerless to lift a hand, rooted to the spot. She noted that his face was unhidden now, his black hat pushed far back on his head, while from his hip pocket trailed the end of a handkerchief which may and may not have had slits let in it for his eyes to ...
— Six Feet Four • Jackson Gregory


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