To strike root, To take root, to send forth roots; to become fixed in the earth, etc.
Defn: A trailing branch which is disposed to take root at the end or at the joints; a stole.
Defn: To cause to take root; to plant deeply and firmly; to root.
Poor little "outsider," thrust down in their midst to take root in a strange soil, if she could; or to shrivel and droop with starvation!
It was an idea slow to take root, an idea she was half afraid of, which, once accepted, might work strange wonders.
And so the first day at the farm came to an end, and in the course of the many that followed the stranger settled down among the Thorpes, even if she didn't take root, and still remained more or less strange.
A trailing branch which is disposed to take root at the end or at the joints; a stole.
To cause to take root; to plant deeply and firmly; to root.
She was therefore content with mild reproofs, and the man was left free to take root at leisure in his double office.
She reasoned justly, that she ought not to give time for the sisters' influence to take root at leisure, that she must open her lover's eyes and put the strength of his character and affection to a decisive test.
He did not really dream of writing: his sole object was to delay the explosion and get time to take root in his new position.
And as all these things were left there to mould, they finally gathered so much soil on the steps that not only herbs and grass, but even bushes and trees could take root there.
As soon as the butterfly had been changed into a limestone rock, many different kinds of seeds of herbs and trees came travelling with the winds, and wanted to take root on it.
The old, dry fall leaves still stood along the shores and islets, but all the water-growths had begun to take root down in the deep; and the green stems had already reached the surface.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "take root" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
