Esp. of a stone: fixed in the ground. Also figurative.
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释义 | the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > fastening > condition of being fast bound or firmly fixed > [adjective] > in position > in the ground or a surface (6) earthfastOE Esp. of a stone: fixed in the ground. Also figurative. well-planted?1531 Esp. of a tree: properly planted. pitched1549 Driven into the ground; fixed to the ground, fastened, pegged, staked; (also, of a camp) erected, established. pight1584 Fixed to the ground, fastened, pegged, staked. Cf. pitched, adj.2 1. yirdfasta1783 = earthfast, adj. (cf. Old Norse jarðfastr). See also yird-hunger, n. planted1806 Set in the ground to grow, as a plant; fixed in, or as if in, the ground; (figurative) set up, established. Now also: placed surreptitiously or… |
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