puts down roots

• settlesComes to rest
• anchorsWeighted devices securing vessels
• establishesCreates or sets up
• plantsPhotosynthesizing rooted organisms
• homeOne's personal residence

soil · community · belonging · permanence · stability · nest · foundation · grows · stays · commits · dwelling · homeland · transplant · uprooted · neighborhood · family · attachment · ground

• settling downmarriage, marries, homeownership, buying a house, starting a family