Vegetate
21vegetate — v. n. 1. Shoot, germinate, spring, pullulate, grow (as a plant), shoot up, spring up, put forth, swell. 2. Bask, idle, hibernate, do nothing, be inactive …
22vegetate — verb (I) not to do anything and feel bored because there is nothing interesting for you to do: I got fed up with vegetating at home …
23vegetate — verb ever since school ended, he just vegetates Syn: do nothing, relax, rest, idle, languish, laze, lounge, loll; stagnate; informal veg, bum around, hang out, zone out, lollygag …
24vegetate — v 1. grow, sprout, shoot up, bud, burgeon, burst forth; germinate, root, take root, put forth; luxuriate, flourish, flower, bloom, effloresce, leaf; pullulate, develop, blow, swell, overgrow. 2. exist, stagnate, do nothing, idle, hang fire;… …
25vegetate — veg·e·tate …
26vegetate — veg•e•tate [[t]ˈvɛdʒ ɪˌteɪt[/t]] v. i. tat•ed, tat•ing 1) to grow as or like a plant 2) to lead an inactive life without much physical, mental, or social activity • Etymology: 1595–1605; < L vegetātus, ptp. of vegetāre to quicken, enliven, der …
27vegetate — /ˈvɛdʒəteɪt / (say vejuhtayt) verb (i) (vegetated, vegetating) 1. to live in an inactive, passive, or unthinking way: *she had lived a peaceful, if vegetating life ordering her small household –nourma handford, 1953. 2. Pathology (of a wart,… …
28vegetate — v.intr. 1 live an uneventful or monotonous life. 2 grow as plants do; fulfil vegetal functions. Etymology: L vegetare animate f. vegetus f. vegere be active …
29Vegetated — Vegetate Veg e*tate, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Vegetated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Vegetating}.] [L. vegetatus, p. p. of vegetare to enliven. See {Vegetable}.] [1913 Webster] 1. To grow, as plants, by nutriment imbibed by means of roots and leaves; to start… …
30Vegetating — Vegetate Veg e*tate, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Vegetated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Vegetating}.] [L. vegetatus, p. p. of vegetare to enliven. See {Vegetable}.] [1913 Webster] 1. To grow, as plants, by nutriment imbibed by means of roots and leaves; to start… …
