Vegetate

  • 11vegetate v — Old gardeners never die they just vegetate …

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  • 12vegetate — verb ( tated; tating) Etymology: Medieval Latin vegetatus, past participle of vegetare to grow Date: 1605 intransitive verb 1. a. to grow in the manner of a plant; also to grow exuberantly or with proliferation of fleshy or warty outgrowths b. to …

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  • 13vegetate — verb a) To grow or sprout. b) To spread abnormally …

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  • 14vegetate — Synonyms and related words: be a sideliner, be still, blossom, brew, bud, burgeon, burst forth, coast, delay, develop, do nothing, drift, flourish, fust, gather, gemmate, germinate, grow, grow rank, grow up, hang fire, hibernate, hypertrophy,… …

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  • 15vegetate — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. i. stagnate, exist. See existence, inactivity. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To germinate] Syn. sprout, bud, blossom; see bloom , grow 1 . 2. [To stagnate] Syn. hibernate, stagnate, languish; see decay ,… …

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  • 16vegetate — veg|e|tate [ vedʒə,teıt ] verb intransitive 1. ) to be lazy or not active 2. ) TECHNICAL to start producing leaves or flowers …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 17vegetate — [[t]ve̱ʤɪteɪt[/t]] vegetates, vegetating, vegetated VERB If someone vegetates, they spend their time doing boring or worthless things. He spends all his free time at home vegetating in front of the TV …

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  • 18vegetate — veg·e·tate || vedʒɪteɪt v. grow, produce vegetation (as a plant); lead a dull and inactive life …

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  • 19vegetate — (veg out) not do anything, be a couch potato    After work he just vegetates just sits there and says nothing …

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  • 20vegetate — verb 1》 live or spend a period of time in a dull, inactive, unchallenging way. 2》 dated (of a plant or seed) grow or sprout. Origin C17 (earlier (ME) in vegetative): from L. vegetat , vegetare enliven …

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