"take root" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: takes root [present, singular, third-person], taking root [participle, present], took root [past], taken root [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|take<,,took,taken> root}} 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. Tags: intransitive, literally Translations (to grow roots into soil): arrelar (Catalan), 生根 (shēnggēn) (Chinese Mandarin), juurtua (Finnish), prendre racine (French), raciner (French), enraizar (Galician), einwurzeln (German), ριζοβολώ (rizovoló) (Greek), ριζώνω (rizóno) (Greek), 根付く (nezuku) (alt: ねづく) (Japanese), rādīcō (Latin), zakorzeniać się [imperfective] (Polish), zakorzenić się (Polish), enraizar (Portuguese), deitar raízes (Portuguese), fixar raízes (Portuguese), înrădăcina (Romanian), принима́ться (prinimátʹsja) [imperfective] (Russian), приня́ться (prinjátʹsja) [perfective] (Russian), пуска́ть ко́рни (puskátʹ kórni) [imperfective] (Russian), пусти́ть ко́рни (pustítʹ kórni) [perfective] (Russian), radicar (Spanish), echar raíces (Spanish), arraigar (Spanish), slå rot (Swedish), mọc rễ (Vietnamese), vulikön (Volapük)
    Sense id: en-take_root-en-verb-KiyDGQlj Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 45 55 Disambiguation of 'to grow roots into soil': 98 2
  2. (intransitive, figuratively) To become established, to take hold. Tags: figuratively, intransitive Translations (to become established, to take hold): arrelar (Catalan), 生根 (shēnggēn) (Chinese Mandarin), vakiintua (Finnish), s’enraciner (French), arraigar (Galician), Wurzeln schlagen (German), ριζοβολώ (rizovoló) (Greek), 根付く (nezuku) (alt: ねづく) (Japanese), rarau (Maori), zakorzeniać się [imperfective] (Polish), zakorzenić się [perfective] (Polish), criar raízes (Portuguese), radicar [pronominal] (Portuguese), укореня́ться (ukorenjátʹsja) [imperfective] (Russian), укорени́ться (ukorenítʹsja) [perfective] (Russian), укорије́нити [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), ukorijéniti [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), radicar (Spanish), slå rot (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-take_root-en-verb-Qsp5r92D Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 45 55 Disambiguation of 'to become established, to take hold': 1 99
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: rooting hormone

Inflected forms

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      "sense": "to grow roots into soil",
      "word": "radicar"
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      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to grow roots into soil",
      "word": "echar raíces"
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to grow roots into soil",
      "word": "arraigar"
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to grow roots into soil",
      "word": "slå rot"
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      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "to grow roots into soil",
      "word": "mọc rễ"
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      "sense": "to grow roots into soil",
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      "roman": "shēnggēn",
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      "sense": "to become established, to take hold",
      "word": "vakiintua"
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      "sense": "to become established, to take hold",
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      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to become established, to take hold",
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      "sense": "to become established, to take hold",
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      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "rizovoló",
      "sense": "to become established, to take hold",
      "word": "ριζοβολώ"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ねづく",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "nezuku",
      "sense": "to become established, to take hold",
      "word": "根付く"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to become established, to take hold",
      "word": "rarau"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to become established, to take hold",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "zakorzeniać się"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to become established, to take hold",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "zakorzenić się"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to become established, to take hold",
      "word": "criar raízes"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to become established, to take hold",
      "tags": [
        "pronominal"
      ],
      "word": "radicar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ukorenjátʹsja",
      "sense": "to become established, to take hold",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "укореня́ться"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ukorenítʹsja",
      "sense": "to become established, to take hold",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "укорени́ться"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to become established, to take hold",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "укорије́нити"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to become established, to take hold",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "ukorijéniti"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to become established, to take hold",
      "word": "radicar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to become established, to take hold",
      "word": "slå rot"
    }
  ],
  "word": "take root"
}

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