Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

take root

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.40 in modern English

Syllables: take -root
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To grow roots into soil.

Intransitive verb

verb

To become established, to take hold.

Intransitive verb

Example Sentences

"Those tulip bulbs have taken root."
"The new regulations have yet to take root."
"You have of late stood out against your brother, and he hath ta'en you newly into his grace; where it is impossible you should take true root but by the fair weather that you make yourself: it is needful that you frame the season for your own harvest."

Usage

Intransitive verb

Inflected Forms

takes root (present, singular) taking root (participle, present) took root (past) taken root (participle, past)

Phrases

rooting hormone

Frequently Paired Words

rooting hormone

Synonyms

settle root steady down settle down

Questions

What does take root mean?: To grow roots into soil.

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