Related Words for take root

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settle
/x
Verb, Noun
settle down
/x/
Phrase, Noun, Verb
root
/
Noun
transplant
x/
Noun
grow
/
Verb
sprout
/
Noun
caught
/
Adjective
grub
/
Noun
seed
/
Noun
more
/
Adjective
uproot
x/
Verb
rout
/
Noun
dig out
//
Phrase, Verb
grow like a weed
//x/
Phrase, Verb
grass
/
Noun
tree
/
Noun
moot
/
Noun
eradicate
x/xx
Verb
turnip
/x
Noun
run deep
//
Phrase, Verb
extract
/x
Verb
water
/x
Noun
ground
/
Noun
tiller
/x
Noun
dig in
/x
Phrase, Verb
subsoil
/x
Noun
delve
/
Verb
earth
/
Noun
branch out
//
Phrase, Verb
plough
/
Noun
till
/
Noun, Verb
put forth
//
Phrase, Verb
coppice
/x
Noun
shoot up
//
Phrase, Verb
come
/
Verb
graft
/
Noun
burrow
/x
Noun
crop
/
Noun
grow out
//
Phrase, Verb
hole
/
Noun
shoot
/
Noun
crop up
//
Phrase, Verb
hair
/
Noun
spit
/
Verb
stub
/
Noun
infiltrate
x/x
Noun
dig up
//
Phrase, Verb
entrench
x/
Verb
drill
/
Noun
tunnel
/x
Noun
fall into
/x/
Phrase, Verb
branch
/
Noun
spring up
//
Phrase, Verb
chit
/
Noun
farm
/
Noun
pluck up
//
Phrase, Verb
soil
/
Noun
spring
/
Noun
soak
/
Verb
tear up
//
Phrase, Verb
topsoil
/x
Noun
steep
/
Adjective
train
/
Noun
plumb
/
Noun
spawn
/
Noun
pith
/
Noun
dig into
/x/
Phrase, Verb
mushroom
/x
Noun
grove
/
Noun
come under
//x
Phrase, Verb
root out
//
Phrase, Verb
break new ground
///
Name, Verb
fatten
/x
Verb
spade
/
Noun
plant
/
Noun
forest
/x
Noun
land
/
Noun
take
/
Verb
gather
/x
Verb
grave
/
Noun
sink
/
Noun
wood
/
Noun
hole up
//
Phrase, Verb
excavate
/xx
Verb
creep
/
Noun
climb
/
Noun
ditch
/
Noun
stone
/
Noun
bottom
/x
Noun
immerse
x/
Verb
grovel
/x
Verb
run up
//
Phrase, Verb, Noun
drain
/
Noun
garden
/x
Noun
descend
x/
Verb
beetroot
//
Noun
seep
/
Noun
pull in
/x
Phrase, Verb
reach
/
Noun
borehole
/x
Noun
go to seed
///
Phrase, Verb
inoculate
x/xx
Verb
prune
/
Noun
nail
/
Noun
furrow
/x
Noun
break into
/x/
Phrase, Verb
rake
/
Noun
mold
/
Noun
sharpen
/x
Verb
sour
/x
Adjective
cut down
//
Phrase, Verb, Adjective
throw oneself into
/x/x/
Phrase, Verb
crawl
/
Noun
run into
/x/
Phrase, Verb
shovel
/x
Noun
tomb
/
Noun
grow out of
///
Phrase, Verb
erupt
x/
Verb
submerge
x/
Verb
hele
/
Noun
dip into
/x/
Phrase, Verb
reed
/
Noun
intrude
x/
Verb
spigot
/x
Noun
connect
x/
Verb
outgrow
x/
Verb
ramp
/
Noun
abduct
x/
Verb
abide
x/
Verb
abnormal
x/x
Adjective, Noun
absorb
x/
Verb
abstain
x/
Verb
abstract
x/
Adjective, Name, Verb
accept
x/
Verb, Adjective
accommodate
x/xx
Verb, Adjective
accompany
x/xx
Verb
accomplish
x/x
Verb
achieve
x/
Verb
acquire
x/x
Verb
act
/
Noun, Verb, Adverb
address
/x
Noun, Verb
adhere
x/
Verb
admit
x/
Verb
adopt
x/
Verb
adoption
x/x
Noun
adversarial
xx/xx
Adjective
affect
x/
Verb, Noun
afford
x/
Verb
aftermath
/xx
Noun
agonistic
/x/x
Adjective
agree
x/
Verb
aim
/
Noun, Verb
ake
/
Noun, Verb, Adverb
allow
x/
Verb
ancestry
/xx
Noun
anchor
/x
Noun, Verb
annex
/x
Noun, Verb
answer
/x
Noun, Verb
apex
/x
Noun
apply
x/
Verb, Adjective
appropriate
x/xx
Adjective, Verb
approve
x/
Verb
arise
x/
Verb, Noun
arrange
x/
Verb, Noun
arrive
x/
Verb
ask
/
Verb, Noun
aspirate
/xx
Noun, Verb, Adjective
assign
x/
Verb, Noun
assume
x/
Verb
attach
x/
Verb
attend
x/
Verb
attention
x/x
Noun
audit
/x
Noun, Verb
avail
x/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
away
x/
Adverb, Adjective, Verb
background
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
bag
/
Noun, Verb
bail out
//
Phrase, Verb
bale out
//
Phrase, Verb
bark
/
Noun, Verb
basal
/x
Adjective, Noun
base
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
basic
/x
Adjective, Noun
basis
/x
Noun
be
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
beacon
/x
Noun, Verb
bear
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
beat
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
become
x/
Verb
beer
/
Noun, Verb
beet
/
Noun, Verb
begin
x/
Verb, Noun
believe
x/
Verb
ben
/
Name, Adverb, Adjective
benefit
/xx
Noun, Verb
bernstein
/x
Name
bin
/
Noun, Verb
birth
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
birthplace
/x
Noun
bluefin
/x
Noun
boil
/
Noun, Verb
bone
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
booze
/
Noun, Verb
borrow
/x
Verb, Noun
break
/
Verb, Noun
breathe
/
Verb
bring
/
Verb
bring back
//
Phrase, Verb
brush
/
Noun, Verb
bud
/
Noun, Verb
build
/
Verb, Noun
bundle
/x
Noun, Verb
bur
/
Noun
burl
/
Noun, Verb
burr
/
Name, Verb
businesslike
/xx
Adjective
buy
/
Verb, Noun
call for
//
Phrase, Verb
call in
/x
Phrase, Verb
canal
x/
Noun, Verb
cancel
/x
Verb, Noun
capitalize
/xxx
Verb
captain
/x
Noun, Verb
capture
/x
Verb, Noun
care
/
Noun, Verb
carrot
/x
Noun, Verb
carry
/x
Verb, Noun
cash
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
cassava
x/x
Noun
cast
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
cast off
//
Phrase, Verb
cause
/
Noun, Verb
cement
x/
Noun, Verb
cementum
x/x
Noun
cerebrospinal
x/x/x
Adjective
channel
/x
Noun, Verb
charge
/
Noun, Verb
charter
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
check
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
cheer
/
Noun, Verb
chicory
xxx
Noun
chip away
/x/
Phrase, Verb
choose
/
Verb, Noun
church
/
Noun, Verb
cite
/
Verb, Noun
claim
/
Noun, Verb
clean
/
Adjective, Verb, Noun, Adverb
clear
/
Adjective, Adverb, Verb, Noun
clear away
/x/
Phrase, Verb
clear off
//
Phrase, Verb
clear up
//
Phrase, Verb
clutch
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
collect
x/
Verb, Adjective, Adverb, Noun
collegial
x/xx
Adjective
column
/x
Noun
commence
x/
Verb
commit
x/
Verb, Noun
compare
x/
Verb, Noun
complete
x/
Adjective, Verb, Noun
comply
x/
Verb
comprehend
xx/
Verb
con
/
Noun, Verb
conduct
x/
Noun, Verb
confiscate
/xx
Verb, Adjective
conflictual
x/xx
Adjective
confrontational
xx/xx
Adjective
connection
x/x
Noun
conquer
/x
Verb
consequence
/xx
Noun, Verb
consider
x/x
Verb
constructive
x/x
Adjective
consume
x/
Verb
contain
x/
Verb
contemplate
/xx
Verb
continue
x/x
Verb, Noun
continuous
x/xx
Adjective
contract
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
contribute
x/x
Verb
convene
x/
Verb
convey
x/
Verb
cooperative
x/xxx
Adjective, Noun
cope
/
Verb, Noun
cord
/
Noun, Verb
core
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
cost
/
Noun, Verb
cover
/x
Verb, Noun, Adjective
crack
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
cradle
/x
Noun, Verb
cream
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
cream off
//
Phrase, Verb
create
x/
Verb, Adjective
critical
/xx
Adjective, Noun
cross
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
crucial
/x
Adjective
crumb
/
Noun, Verb
crux
/
Noun
cry for
//
Phrase, Verb
cusp
/
Noun, Verb
cut
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
cut into
/x/
Phrase, Verb
dally
/x
Name, Verb
deal
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective