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take root

take root verb: to grow roots into soil.

Verb

take root (third-person singular simple present takes root, present participle taking root, simple past took root, past participle taken root)

  1. (intransitive, literally) To grow roots into soil.
    • Those tulip bulbs have taken root.
  2. (figuratively, intransitive) To become established, to take hold.
    • 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.1598–1599 (first performance), William Shakespeare, “Much Adoe about Nothing”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...

take root meaning in Tamil, Marathi, Urdu and Malayalam

take root in Tamil

to grow roots into soil
வேரூன்று vērūṉṟu, வேர்விழு vērviḻu, வேர்விடு vērviṭu, வேரோடு vērōṭu
to become established, to take hold
வேரூன்று vērūṉṟu

take root in Marathi

to take root
रुजणे ruj̈ṇe

take root in Urdu

جمنا, جڑ پکڑنا

take root in Malayalam

sprout, germinate, establish
വേരുപിടിക്കുക, പിടിക്കുക, വേരുറയ്ക്കുക, ചുവടു പിടിക്കുക, മുളയ്ക്കുക, നാമ്പിടുക
become established, take hold, develop
സ്ഥാപിതമാകുക, ലബ്ധപ്രതിഷ്ഠമാകുക, സ്ഥാപിക്കപ്പെടുക, വികസിക്കുക, അഭിവൃദ്ധിപ്പെടുക, പുഷ്ടിപ്പെടുക
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take root in Vietnamese
mọc rễ

Forms of take root

third-person singular presenttakes root
present participletaking root
pasttook root
past participletaken root

Questions about take root

What does take root mean?
Take root means to grow roots into soil.
What is take root in Tamil?
Take root in Tamil is வேரூன்று (vērūṉṟu), வேர்விழு (vērviḻu), வேர்விடு (vērviṭu). See Take root meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is take root?
Take root is a verb.
What is the past tense of take root?
The past tense of take root is took root.

Words near take root in the dictionary

  1. take pride
  2. take refuge
  3. take responsibility
  4. take revenge
  5. take roll
  6. take root
  7. take serious
  8. take seriously
  9. take several seats
  10. take shape
  11. take ship

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: take root (page history and authors); रुजणे (Marathi) (page history and authors); take root (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); take root (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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