different between grounding vs rooting

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???a?nd??/

Noun

grounding (countable and uncountable, plural groundings)

1. Fundamental knowledge or background in a field or discipline.
2. The return to a fully conscious state after a psychedelic experience.
3. The collision of a ship with ground beneath the surface of the water.
4. The prevention of aircraft takeoff because of government action.
5. (electrical engineering) The interconnecting metal chassis/frame of a device, appliance, machine, or metal raceway via a designated conductor to earth at the service panel. It may be bare or covered, and does not carry current in normal operation.
6. The absorption of energy through visualized "roots" descending from oneself into the ground, using chi.
7. The act by which a child is grounded (forbidden from going out, using electronics, etc.).
8. The background of embroidery, etc.

Translations

Verb

grounding

1. present participle of ground

English

Etymology

From Middle English rotynge (“rooting”); equivalent to root +? -ing.

Noun

rooting (countable and uncountable, plural rootings)

1. A system of roots; a secure attachment (in something); a firm grounding.
   • 1526, William Tyndale, trans. Bible, Mark IV:

     as sone as the sun was uppe it caught heet: and because it had nott rotynge it wyddred awaye.

2. The process of forming roots.
3. A method of creating a new plant by getting part of an existing plant to form roots.
4. A hole formed by a pig when it roots in the ground.
   • 1968, Gary Douglas E. Joll, Big game hunting in New Zealand (page 209)

     These rootings may be as deep as two and a half feet, depending on how large a pig has been working.

Translations

Verb

rooting

1. present participle of root

See also

• rooting tooting

Anagrams

• Rogotin