7
settle(verb, stay, inhabit, colonize)
4
germinate(grow, shoot, sprout)
4
root
4
settle down
4
sprout(verb, develop, grow, shoot)
4
steady down
3
burgeon(grow, shoot)
3
colonize(verb, establish, stay, live, inhabit)
3
grow(shoot, sprout)
3
park(verb, establish, stay, live, inhabit)
3
reside(verb, establish, stay, live, inhabit)
3
roost
3
squat(verb, establish, stay, live, inhabit)
3
stay(verb, inhabit, colonize)
2
anchor
2
become established(expression, continue)
2
bud(grow, shoot, sprout, germinate)
2
camp
2
flourish
2
inhabit(verb, establish, stay, live, colonize)
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